sputter
1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
• Syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering
• Derivationally related forms:
sputter (for: sputtering), splutter (for: splutter), splat (for: splatter)
• Hypernyms:
noise
2. an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
• Syn:
splutter
• Derivationally related forms:
splutter (for: splutter)
• Hypernyms:
utterance, vocalization
1. make an explosive sound (Freq. 1)
- sputtering engines
• Derivationally related forms:
sputtering
• Hypernyms:
pop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed (Freq. 1)
- The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
• Syn:
splutter
• Derivationally related forms:
splutter (for: splutter)
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Cars sputter in the streets
- The streets sputter with cars
4. spit up in an explosive manner
• Syn:
splutter, spit out
• Hypernyms:
expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• Syn:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle
• Derivationally related forms:
struggle (for: struggle), clamber (for: clamber)
• Hypernyms:
climb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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