verb · irregular · transitive · rare

sputter

sputter · sputters · sputtered · sputtering

здерти шкіру, здирати шкіру, обдирати

брызгать слюной, бессвязно говорить, напылять

spucken, mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen

To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speakingTo emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

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US/ˈspʌtɚ/

» Ziri coughed, sputtered and gasped for air.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
spucken
бры́згать слюнойbrýzgatʹ
(ambitransitive)To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen
бессвязно говори́тьbessvjazno
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
(ambitransitive)To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
(intransitive)To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
(transitive)To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
напылятьnapyljatʹ

Examples

6 sentences

Ziri coughed, sputtered and gasped for air.
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They can't help but sputter excuses for their sorry behavior.
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"How dare you talk like that to me?" he sputtered with indignation.
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As I turned the handle of the crankshaft, the old tractor sputtered to life.
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Sputter deposition is widely employed in the semiconductor industry.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking:

to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly:

to coat the surface of an object by sputtering:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking:

to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly:

Origin

Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle E

Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter.

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