Sekirov Dictionary

sputter

/ˈspʌtɚ/

verb 5
noun 2
forms 3
phrases 1

verb5

•
To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
- They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. — 1700
To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
•
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- Like the green wood [...] sputtering in the flame. — 1692
To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.

noun2

Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
Confused and hasty speech.

forms

sputtered · sputtering · sputters

Phrases with sputter

sputter out
To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off.

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