Definition of Sputter

Verb: sputter  spú-tu(r)

  1. Make an explosive sound
    "sputtering engines"
     
  2. Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
    "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
     
  3. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    - clamber, scramble, shin, shinny [N. Amer], skin, struggle
     
  4. Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
    - splutter
     
  5. Spit up in an explosive manner
    - splutter, spit out
Noun: sputter  spú-tu(r)
  1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
    "he heard a sputter of gunfire";
    - spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering
     
  2. An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
    - splutter

See also:
sputniks
sputtered

Anagrams containing the word sputter

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