sputter
noun
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an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)splutter
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the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosivelyspatter
verb
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spit up in an explosive mannersplutterspit out
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cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed“The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust”
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utter with a spitting sound, as if in a ragesplutter
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climb awkwardly, as if by scramblingclamber
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make an explosive sound“sputtering engines”