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sputter
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sputters; sputtered; sputtering
sputters; sputtered; sputtering
Learner's definition of SPUTTER
1
[no object] : to make loud sounds like explosions噼噼啪啪地响
- The motor sputtered and died.发动机噼噼啪啪地响了几下后就熄火了。
2
: to speak quickly or in a confused way because you are upset, surprised, etc.慌乱地说；语无伦次地说
[no object]
- He was sputtering with rage.他当时气得语无伦次。
[+ object]
- She sputtered an angry protest.她语无伦次地提出愤怒的抗议。
- “You, you have to be kidding!” he sputtered.“你，你一定在骗人！”他结结巴巴地说。
— sputter
noun, plural sputters [count]- The motor gave a sputter and died.发动机噼噼啪啪地响了几下后就熄火了。
sputtered; sputtering; sputters
sputterer noun
Example Sentences
Verb The motor sputtered and died. He was sputtering with rage. She sputtered an angry protest. “You, you have to be kidding!” he sputtered.
Recent Examples on the Web
Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 That contract begins to fray when the economic engine that lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty in a generation begins to sputter. Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 July 2022 Its appearance in that traditionally jingoistic ceremony caused some in the press and the public to sputter with rage. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 The Sox went on to sputter, going 23-27 for the first two months of the season. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 The mixture may start to sputter, so be careful to avoid getting burned. Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021 As a wave of recent laser sensor SPACs sputter on the stock market, new startup Red Leader is making a play on the industry with a different approach: focus on software, not hardware. Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Top 10 in the late Seventies, but began to sputter as the decade came to a close. Enter John Travolta. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022 The home crowd was at its loudest on Moran’s foul line drive in the fifth inning as the Reds offense continued to sputter. Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2022 Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 As the pandemic has revealed, even powerful biomedical tools such as vaccines sputter in practice if disadvantaged people can’t access them, or if distrusting people refuse to use them. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 27 June 2022 Felix Rosenqvist, who qualified 4th Saturday, his best start in 2022 outside his Texas pole, saw his car sputter to a halt on Lap 9 in the matter of a couple seconds. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022 As wings shrink, air friction overwhelms flight power—that’s why dragonflies soar as houseflies sputter. Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 Hope and optimism are huge areas of need for a skeptical fanbase watching a Kliff Kingsbury team sputter toward the finish line — again. Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2021 That obstacle seemed likely to prove more unyielding than ever in 2021, when the return from a 60-game to a 162-game season raised the specter of a dramatic late-summer sputter. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021 Palou, who has looked every bit the part of a Dixon-esque champion for so much of 2021, saw his engine sputter in smoke and drop from 4th to 27th with 20 laps to go last month on the IMS road course. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 That has seen its basketball team sputter in postseason after postseason. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021 See More
Verb
Still, a friend once remarked that for non-dancers, watching dance class can be like watching paint dry, and even this whimsical sketch of a class — and even for me, a fellow obsessee — seems to sputter and run out of gas occasionally. Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 That contract begins to fray when the economic engine that lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty in a generation begins to sputter. Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 July 2022 Its appearance in that traditionally jingoistic ceremony caused some in the press and the public to sputter with rage. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 The Sox went on to sputter, going 23-27 for the first two months of the season. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 The mixture may start to sputter, so be careful to avoid getting burned. Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021 As a wave of recent laser sensor SPACs sputter on the stock market, new startup Red Leader is making a play on the industry with a different approach: focus on software, not hardware. Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Top 10 in the late Seventies, but began to sputter as the decade came to a close. Enter John Travolta. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022 The home crowd was at its loudest on Moran’s foul line drive in the fifth inning as the Reds offense continued to sputter. Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2022 Noun
That ratchets up the pressure to sink or swim -- or rather, soar or sputter -- strictly on its own terms. Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 As the pandemic has revealed, even powerful biomedical tools such as vaccines sputter in practice if disadvantaged people can’t access them, or if distrusting people refuse to use them. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 27 June 2022 Felix Rosenqvist, who qualified 4th Saturday, his best start in 2022 outside his Texas pole, saw his car sputter to a halt on Lap 9 in the matter of a couple seconds. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022 As wings shrink, air friction overwhelms flight power—that’s why dragonflies soar as houseflies sputter. Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 Hope and optimism are huge areas of need for a skeptical fanbase watching a Kliff Kingsbury team sputter toward the finish line — again. Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2021 That obstacle seemed likely to prove more unyielding than ever in 2021, when the return from a 60-game to a 162-game season raised the specter of a dramatic late-summer sputter. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021 Palou, who has looked every bit the part of a Dixon-esque champion for so much of 2021, saw his engine sputter in smoke and drop from 4th to 27th with 20 laps to go last month on the IMS road course. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 That has seen its basketball team sputter in postseason after postseason. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
akin to Dutch sputteren to sputter
First Known Use
Verb
1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of sputter was in 1598 Phrases Containing sputter
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