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sputters

The correct spelling is sputters.

How to pronounce sputters

verb

Say it like: Spu-tte-rs

The correct spelling is sputters. To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

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Definition

verb

  1. 1.To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
  2. 2.To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
  3. 3.To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
  4. 4.To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
  5. 5.To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.

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