sputter /sputˈər/

1. To spit or throw out moisture in scattered drops, to splutter
2. To speak rapidly and indistinctly, to jabber, to stutter
3. To make a sputtering noise

1. To spit out or throw out in or with small drops
2. To utter hastily and indistinctly
3. To remove atoms from a cathode by positive ion bombardment, the unchanged atoms being deposited on a surface, and the process being used for coating glass, plastic, another metal, etc with a thin film of metal

1. An instance of, or the process or sound of sputtering
2. Matter sputtered out

sputtˈerer noun

sputtˈering noun and adjective

sputtˈeringly adverb

sputtˈery adjective

• in the pay of
• in the picture
• in the pink
• in the pipeline
• in the poo
• in the presence of
• in the press
• in the pudding club
• in the quill
• flimflam
• flimflams
• flimp
• flimped
• flimping
• flimps
• flimsier
• flimsies
• flimsiest
• flimsily
• flimsiness
• flimsinesses
• flimsy
• flinch
• flinched
• flincher