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Sputtering

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A noise that sputters.

    "The women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, seated in the rows where the first violins are typically located, contributed an array of haunting vocal sounds: hushed hums, sustained high tones, sputterings and more."

  2. 2
    the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively wordnet
  3. 3
    The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sputter form-of, gerund, participle, present

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