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sputter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering |
| Type of | noise |
sputter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | splutter |
| Type of | utterance, vocalization |
Examples of sputter
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May be team's biggest threat now that LaDainian Tomlinson's starting to sputter.
From the freep.com
The butter dripping into the coals will cause it to sputter, smoke and flame up.
From the al.com
After two strong months, the impact of those incentives began to sputter in May.
From the freep.com
There was a lot of concern that this research powerhouse would start to sputter.
From the online.wsj.com
The recovery could sputter later in the year if capital spending doesn't pick up.
From the businessweek.com
Conservatives sputter at the mention of his name, but he's a hero to liberals.
From the abcnews.go.com
That's understandable, but it could be a problem if the economy begins to sputter.
From the businessweek.com
Let the rejectionists fulminate and sputter until they wear their vocal cords out.
From the washingtonpost.com
If they sputter, it could force Talecris to delay or reduce its proposed offering.
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- Spatter: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
- Make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
- An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
- Clamber: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- Splutter: spit up in an explosive manner
- Sputtering is a process whereby atoms are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target by energetic particles. It is commonly used for thin-film deposition, etching and analytical techniques (see below).
- Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech; To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking; To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; To throw out anything, as little ...
- (Sputtering) A process used to apply photovoltaic semiconductor material to a substrate by a physical vapor deposition process where high-energy ions are used to bombard elemental sources of semiconductor material, which eject vapors of atoms that are then deposited in thin layers on a substrate.
