sputter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sputter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sputter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sputter n the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" Synonym(s): spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) Synonym(s): sputter, splutter v make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines" cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust" climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Synonym(s): clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage Synonym(s): sputter, splutter spit up in an explosive manner Synonym(s): splutter, sputter, spit out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sputter \Sput"ter\, n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sputter \Sput"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sputtered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sputtering}.] [From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mputh. Cf. {Splutter}.] 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. 2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva. They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. --Congreve. 3. 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. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sputter \Sput"ter\, v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. --Swift.