Sputter

/ˈspʌtɚ/

Synonyms for "sputter" (206 found)

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Closest matches (42)

assibilate assibilation barrage beatbeat a rufflebeat a tattoobeating bicker blubber bluff blusterbluster and bluffblustering boastfulness boil bounce brag bravado bully bullying

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burn bustle buzz crackle dance drone drumdrum musicdrumbeat drumfire drumming effervesce effervescence effervescing ejaculate eject fanfaronade

Verb(4 words)

burst clamber dribble falter

Noun(1 words)

crackles

Strong matches (61)

Verb(7 words)

farted gabble halt lag mumble mutter pop

fizz fizzle fizzling flap flick flicker flip flit flitter flop flurry fluster flutter fricationfrictional rustlingfuss gabble gasconade gibbergo pitapat

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gutter heckle hector hectoring hesitate hiss hissing hush hushing intimidate intimidation jabber lisp maunder mouth mumble murmur mutterout-herod herodpalpitate palpitation paradiddle patter pitapatpitter patterpitter-patter pop pound pounding pulsate pulsation pulse quiver rage

Related words (103)

rantrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplan rattattoo rave rhonchusrip outrodomontade roister roll rollickrub-a-dubruff ruffle shake shush shushing sibilance

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sibilate sibilation side siffle sigmatism siss sissing sizz sizzle sizzling slang slat sneeze sneezing sniff sniffle snore snort snuff snuffle sobsound a tattoospatterspeak incoherentlyspit splatter splutter squash squelch squish staccato sternutation stertor storm susurrate swagger swashbuckle swashbucklery swish tat-tat tattoo throb throbbingthrow outthrum thump thumpingtom tomtom-tom vapor wave waver wheeze whish whisper whistle whistlingwhite noisewhiz whoosh zip

Verb(15 words)

scramble shin shinny skin spatter spewspit outsplutter spluttered spray spurt stammer struggle stumble stutter

Noun(7 words)

spatter spattering splatter splattering splutter spluttering sputtering

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

alter change climbcough outcough updischarge emit expectoratelet looselet outmodify move noise pop progress

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

17 entries

blurtbrief remarkdribble falter gabblehalting phraselag lurch mumblerapid burstshort burstspatter spew spray stammer stumble

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

11 entries

brief sputterengine sputterengine sputteringgas flame sputterintermittent sputtersputter alongsputter of rainsputter of wordssputter ratesputter soundsputtering engine

Inflections

3 entries

sputtered sputtering sputters

Derivations

2 entries

sputterer sputtering

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They can't help but sputter excuses for their sorry behavior.

Source: tatoeba (10465200)

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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