sputter

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

1. To spit out or spray particles of saliva or food from the mouth in noisy bursts.
2. To spit out words or sounds in an excited or confused manner.
3. To make sporadic spitting or popping sounds: The fire sputtered and died.
4. Physics. To cause the atoms of a solid to be removed from the surface by bombardment with atoms in a discharge tube.

v.tr.

1. To eject in short bursts with spitting or popping sounds.
2. To utter in an excited or confused manner.
3. Physics. To coat (a solid surface) with metal atoms by sputtering.

n.

1. The act or sound of sputtering.
2. Matter emitted in sputtering.
3. Excited or confused utterance.

[Probably of Low German origin, akin to Dutch sputteren.]

sputterer sput'ter·er n.
sputtery sput'ter·y adj.

verb

To make a series of short, sharp noises: crackle, crepitate, splutter. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering

Meaning #2: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
  Synonym: splutter

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The verb sputter has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: make an explosive sound

Meaning #2: cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed

Meaning #3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle

Meaning #4: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
  Synonym: splutter

Meaning #5: spit up in an explosive manner
  Synonyms: splutter, spit out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sprutte, spytte
v. tr. - sprutte, spytte, snuble over ordene, tale hurtigt
n. - sprutten, hurtig tale

Nederlands (Dutch)
sputteren, aflopen, opgewonden praten, kwijlen, gesputter

Français (French)
v. intr. - crachoter, postillonner, crachouiller, bredouiller, bafouiller, tousser (moteur), crépiter
v. tr. - bafouiller, bredouiller
n. - crachotement, bredouillement, bafouillage

Deutsch (German)
v. - spritzen, heraussprudeln
n. - Spritzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μιλώ μπερδεμένα, μιλώ εκτοξεύοντας σάλια, ξεστομίζω, συρίζω, τσιτσιρίζω, ρετάρω, (φυσ.) αφαιρώ άτομα μετάλλου βομβαρδίζοντας με ταχέα θετικά ιόντα
n. - μπερδεμένη ομιλία, ομιλία με εκτόξευση σάλιων, ξεστόμισμα, συριγμός, τσιτσίρισμα, (για κινητήρες) ανώμαλη ανάφλεξη, ρετάρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
crepitare, perdere colpi, spruzzo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - falar lançando partículas de saliva, falar confusamente, gaguejar
n. - saliva (f), gagueira (m)

Русский (Russian)
шум, суматоха, быстрая несвязная речь, бормотание, брызги слюны, перебои, распыление, напыление, брызгать слюной, говорить быстро и бессвязно, бормотать, произносить с жаром, с гневом, шипеть, фыркать, чихать, распылять, напылять

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - chisporrotear, echar saliva al hablar, farfullar, barbullar
v. tr. - despedir (gotas o partículas), decir farfullando
n. - salpicón, chisporroteo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spotta, sprätta, sluddra, snubbla på orden
n. - sludder, sluddrande, sprättande, spottande, fräsande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唾沫飞溅, 发劈啪声, 急忙地讲, 喷出, 气急败坏地说, 飞溅出, 喷溅, 劈啪声, 喷溅声, 喷溅出来的东西, 急语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 唾沫飛濺, 發劈啪聲, 急忙地講
v. tr. - 噴出, 氣急敗壞地說, 飛濺出
n. - 噴濺, 劈啪聲, 噴濺聲, 噴濺出來的東西, 急語

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (불꽃 등을 튀기어) 직직 소리 내다, 입에서 침을 튀기다, (기관총 등이) 격렬한 발사음을 내다
v. tr. - (작은 것을) 탁탁 튀기다, ~을 잽싸게 지껄이다, 피막으로 덮다
n. - 푹푹 뿜어냄, 다급하게 지껄여 댐, 입에서 튀어나온 것

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ブツブツいわせる, つばを飛ばす
n. - ブツブツ, 早口

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تفتفت في كلامه, طشطش (صوت الزيت المقلي) (الاسم) صخب, طشطشه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮גמגם בהתרגשות, דיבר בחופזה‬
v. tr. - ‮מלמל, גמגם בהתרגשות ובמהירות, פלט קולות יריקה‬
n. - ‮גמגום, קול התזה‬

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