Definitions for sputter

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Spelling: [spuht-er]

IPA: /ˈspʌt ər/

Sputter is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in sputter (eprsttu).

Definitions for sputter

noun

1. the act or sound of sputtering.
2. explosive, incoherent utterance.
3. matter ejected in sputtering.

verb (used with object)

1. to emit (anything) forcibly and in small particles, as if by spitting:
2. to eject (saliva, food, etc.) in small particles explosively and involuntarily, as in excitement.
3. to utter explosively and incoherently.

verb (used without object)

1. to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
2. to emit particles, sparks, etc., forcibly or explosively, especially accompanied by sputtering sounds.
3. to eject particles of saliva, food, etc., from the mouth in a light spray, as when speaking angrily or excitedly.
4. to utter or spit out words or sounds explosively or incoherently, as when angry or flustered.

Origin of sputter

1590-1600; sput- (variant of spout) + -er⁶; cognate with Dutch sputteren

Examples for sputter

And racial divisions may become worse if the economy continues to sputter.

Here's one graf: The Woodward reporting has caused the White House spin machine to sputter at a crucial time.

As his story moves into the present day, it starts to sputter.

I asked him if he filled his pies with a trowel and you ought to have heard him sputter.

He switched on the electric current, and the apparatus began to sputter.

The helicopter man pulled the ignition-cord and a rocket began to sputter.

Debby marching down the hill, continued to sputter about the lost weeklies.

They continue to sputter up and down, without fully recovering.

Then all they'll do is buzz and sputter until the feedback is broken with the key.

If the only policy tool you allow yourself to use is tax credits, your reform agenda will sputter into ineffectuality.