'Sputtered' definitions:

Definition of 'Sputtered'

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  • 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]

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