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Sputter

noun
/ˈspʌtɚ/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounMoist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
2.nounConfused and hasty speech.
3.verbTo emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
4.verbTo speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
5.verbTo throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
6.verbTo cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
7.verbTo coat the surface of an object by sputtering.

Synonyms

spatteringsplatteringspattersplattersplutterskinclamberscrambleshinnystrugglespit outshin

Rhymes With

flutterflitterskitteraflutterstutterguttershuttercutter
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