sputter
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: splutter, spatter, stutter, shutter, putter, scutter, spotter, spitter, sutter, sautter, smutter
Antonyms: splutter, spatter, stutter, shutter, putter, scutter, spotter, spitter, sutter, sautter, smutter
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Noun
- Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
- Confused and [[hasty]] [[speech]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[emit]] [[saliva]] or [[spit#Verb|spit]] from the [[mouth#Noun|mouth]] in [[small]], [[scattered#Adjective|scattered]] [[portion#Noun|portions]], as in [[rapid]] [[speaking#Noun|speaking]].
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[speak]] so [[rapidly]] as to emit saliva; to [[utter#Verb|utter]] [[word#Noun|words]] [[hastily]] and [[indistinctly]], with a [[splutter#Verb|spluttering]] [[sound#Noun|sound]], as in [[rage#Noun|rage]].
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[throw out]] anything, as little [[jet]]s of [[steam#Noun|steam]], with a [[noise]] like that made by one sputtering.
- {{lb|en|physics|intransitive}} To cause [[surface#Noun|surface]] [[atom]]s or [[electron]]s of a [[solid#Noun|solid]] to be [[eject]]ed by [[bombard]]ing it with [[heavy]] atoms or [[ion]]s.
- {{lb|en|physics|transitive}} To [[coat#Verb|coat]] the surface of an [[object#Noun|object]] by sputtering.
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