They can't help but sputter excuses for their sorry behavior.
Source: tatoeba (10465200)
Sputter
//ˈspʌtɚ//
Synonyms for "sputter" (189 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пръскам слюнки verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
- разпрашвам verb (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions)
Czech
4 entries- naprašovat verb (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering)
- naprášit verb (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering)
- odprašovat verb (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions)
- rozprašovat verb (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions)
Finnish
4 entries- pärskytellä verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
- pölyttää verb (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering)
- sopertaa verb (to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly)
- sputteroida verb (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions)
French
3 entries- postillonner verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
- pulvériser verb (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions)
- revêtir, métalliser verb (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering)
German
2 entries- mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen verb (to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly)
- spucken verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
Māori
1 entries- ānu verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
Russian
3 entries- бессвязно говори́ть verb (to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly)
- бры́згать слюной verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
- напылять verb (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering)
Spanish
1 entries- farfullar verb (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking)
Tày
1 entries- bắc bử verb (to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Sputter deposition is widely employed in the semiconductor industry.
Source: tatoeba (10465203)
The engine started to sputter.
Source: tatoeba (12077669)
The child [...] kicked, and crowed, and sputtered, when his mother took him, and put up his little fingers to clutch her hair, and was to her as a young god upon the earth. Nothing in the world had ever been created so beautiful, so joyous, so satisfactory, so divine!
Source: wiktionary
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