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Webster 1913 Edition
Sputter
Sput′ter
(spŭt′tẽr)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sputtered
(-tẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sputtering
.] 1.
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2.
To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a
sputtering
at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve.
3.
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
Like the green wood . . .
sputtering
in the flame. Dryden.
Sput′ter
,Verb.
T.
To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to
sputter
out the basest accusations. Swift.
Sput′ter
,Noun.
Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sputter
SPUTTER
,Verb.
I.
1.
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small or scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.2.
To throw out moisture in small detached parts; as green wood sputtering in the flame.3.
To fly off in small particles with some crackling or noise.When sparkling lamps their sputtering lights advance.
4.
To utter words hastily and indistinctly; literally, to spout small; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.They could neither of them speak their rage, and so they fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples.
SPUTTER
,Verb.
T.
In the midst of caresses--to sputter out the basest accusations.
SPUTTER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sputter
sputter
English
Noun
sputter (uncountable)
Verb
sputter (third-person singular simple present sputters, present participle sputtering, simple past and past participle sputtered)
- To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
- Congreve
- They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples.
- Jonathan Swift
- To sputter out the basest accusations.
- Congreve
- To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- Dryden
- Like the green wood […] sputtering in the flame.
- Dryden
- (transitive) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
- In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. -Swift.
- (physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions
- (physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering
Translations
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking
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To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva
To coat the surface of an object by sputtering
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See also
References
- sputter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913