Word Finder - sputtered

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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.

Royce sputtered, puffing up his chest.

Carmen held the gate open as the old truck sputtered through - and then died.

Car ran fine for a mile or two, and then sputtered to a stop.

He sputtered and wiped the snow from his face, grinning at her as he proceeded to make a snowball of his own.

Evidently my overloaded sense of wonder had finally sputtered out.

The thundering machines sputtered and stopped.

The words sputtered sparks off the page, blinding him.

When Dean first introduced himself, the young lady continued with her engaging smile until it became obvious she had no idea what he was saying—even after he sputtered the half-dozen words of Spanish he knew.

We have demonstrated the HiTUS technology is capable of controlling the grain size in the sputtered films.

Many of these people settled in the western United States, and while they were welcomed for many years, Chinese immigrants were erroneously singled out to take the blame when the economy sputtered after the Gold Rush.

Back in the '90s, the online grocery business sputtered and just about died.

In dry etching, the material is sputtered or dissolved using reactive ions or a vapor phase etchant.

When Dean first introduced himself, the young lady continued with her engaging smile until it became obvious she had no idea what he was saying—even after he sputtered the half-dozen words of Spanish he knew.

Like you stole my fucking— Charles sputtered.