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Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
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Confused and hasty speech.
verb
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To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
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To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
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To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
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To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
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To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
Examples of sputter in a Sentence
She could hear the engine sputter, then roar into life.
Be aware that not all steam mops are created equal and some have a tendency to sputter and release a lot of water.
We might sputter under the water now and then, but if we stick together we can help each other through the rapids.
All the instruments are fitted with sputter ion guns to allow compositional depth profiling to a depth of 1 micron.
Plasma Quest are a British SME which manufacture a novel sputter deposition tool for magnetic materials.
Of those, magnetron sputter depositions offer most potential.
It is only applicable to instruments which incorporate an ion gun for sputter cleaning.
Until you generate a positive cash flow, your startup will need to raise adequate funding or it will sputter and eventually die.