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sputter

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verb

sput·​ter ˈspə-tər How to pronounce sputter (audio)
sputtered; sputtering; sputters

transitive verb

1
: to spit or squirt from the mouth with explosive sounds
2
: to utter hastily or explosively in confusion or excitement
"that's ridiculous!" she sputtered
3
: to dislodge (atoms) from the surface of a material by collision with high energy particles
also : to deposit (a metallic film) by such a process

intransitive verb

1
: to spit or squirt particles of food or saliva noisily from the mouth
2
: to speak explosively or confusedly in anger or excitement
3
: to make explosive popping sounds
sputterer noun

sputter

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noun

1
: confused and excited speech or discussion
2
: the act or sound of sputtering

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
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

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