Sputter - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) (syn: splutter)
verb
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage (syn: splutter)
- spit up in an explosive manner (syn: spit out, splutter)
Extra examples
The motor sputtered and died.
He was sputtering with rage.
She sputtered an angry protest.
“You, you have to be kidding!” he sputtered.
The engine sputtered and stopped.
He sputtered and gasped slightly before slipping into unconsciousness.
The goose is in the oven, sputtering fat.
The fire sputtered and died.
He sputtered curses and hung up the phone.
The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust
...lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter...
...the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sputter
he/she/it: sputters
present participle: sputtering
past tense: sputtered
past participle: sputtered
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