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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sput•ter /ˈspʌtɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds:[no object]When the water hose broke the car sputtered and stopped.
- to say (words) explosively as when angry or unable to think clearly: [no object]He walked out of the restaurant, sputtering angrily to himself about poor service.[used with quotations]"But..but..this is crazy!'' he sputtered.
n. [countable] - the act or sound of sputtering.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sputter (sput′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
- to emit particles, sparks, etc., forcibly or explosively, esp. accompanied by sputtering sounds.
- to eject particles of saliva, food, etc., from the mouth in a light spray, as when speaking angrily or excitedly.
- to utter or spit out words or sounds explosively or incoherently, as when angry or flustered.
v.t. - to emit (anything) forcibly and in small particles, as if by spitting:The fire sputtered cinders.
- to eject (saliva, food, etc.) in small particles explosively and involuntarily, as in excitement.
- to utter explosively and incoherently.
n. - the act or sound of sputtering.
- explosive, incoherent utterance.
- matter ejected in sputtering.
- 1590–1600; sput- (variant of spout) + -er6; cognate with Dutch sputteren
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sputter /ˈspʌtə/ vb - another word for splutter
- to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which atoms of a solid are removed from its surface by the impact of high-energy ions, as in a discharge tube
- to coat (a film of a metal) onto (a solid surface) by using this process
n - the process or noise of sputtering
- incoherent stammering speech
- something that is ejected while sputtering
Etymology: 16th Century: from Dutch sputteren, of imitative originˈsputterer n |