Sputter
/ˈspʌtɚ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts7 letters
Definition of Sputter
verb
- To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
- To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
- To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
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