'Sputter' definitions:
Definition of 'sputter'
(from WordNet)
noun
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering]
noun
An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) [syn: sputter, splutter]
verb
Make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
verb
Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
verb
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
verb
Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage [syn: sputter, splutter]
verb
Definition of 'Sputter'
From: GCIDE
- Sputter \Sput"ter\ (sp[u^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sputtered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering.] [From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf. Splutter.]
- 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva. [1913 Webster]
- They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering. [1913 Webster]
- Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sputter'
From: GCIDE
- Sputter \Sput"ter\, v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. [1913 Webster]
- In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sputter'
From: GCIDE
- Sputter \Sput"ter\, n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sputter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- barrage,
- beat,
- beat a ruffle,
- beat a tattoo,
- beating,
- bicker,
- blubber,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- blustering,
- boastfulness,
- bounce,
- brag,
- bravado,
- bully,
- bullying,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- crackle,
- dance,
- drone,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- ejaculate,
- eject,
- fanfaronade,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- flap,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- fuss,
- gabble,
- gasconade,
- gibber,
- go pitapat,
- gutter,
- heckle,
- hector,
- hectoring,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- hush,
- hushing,
- intimidate,
- intimidation,
- jabber,
- lisp,
- maunder,
- mouth,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- out-herod Herod,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pop,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsate,
- pulsation,
- pulse,
- quiver,
- rage,
- rant,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- rave,
- rhonchus,
- rip out,
- rodomontade,
- roister,
- roll,
- rollick,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- shake,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- side,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- slang,
- slat,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sob,
- sound a tattoo,
- spatter,
- speak incoherently,
- spit,
- splatter,
- splutter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- staccato,
- sternutation,
- susurrate,
- swagger,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbucklery,
- swish,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- throw out,
- thrum,
- thump,
- thumping,
- tom-tom,
- vapor,
- wave,
- waver,
- wheeze,
- whish,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- zip