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sputter v. make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
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sputter v. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
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sputter n. [
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering] the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
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sputter n. [
splutter] an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
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sputter v. [
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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