sputter

/spˈʌtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. make an explosive sound
   “sputtering engines”
2. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
   “The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust”
3. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
4. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
5. spit up in an explosive manner

noun

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   “he heard a spatter of gunfire”
2. an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

Synonyms for sputter

• clamber
• scramble
• shin
• shinny
• skin
• struggle
• splutter
• spit out
• spatter
• spattering
• splatter
• splattering
• sputtering

Words that rhyme with sputter

• flutter
• gutter
• cutter
• utter
• putter
• mutter
• butter
• clutter
• shutter
• stutter
• aflutter
• kilometre
• nutter
• stonecutter
• bonecutter
• bowater
• dutter
• hutter
• kutter
• lutter
• perlmutter
• rutter
• schutter
• sutter