SPUTTER

• (noun) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

  synonyms : splutter

• (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

  "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

  synonyms : spatter , spattering , splatter , splattering , splutter , sputtering

• (verb) spit up in an explosive manner

  synonyms : spit out , splutter

• (verb) cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed

  "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"

• (verb) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

  synonyms : splutter

• (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

  synonyms : clamber , scramble , shin , shinny , skin , struggle

  They clambered up the hill. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) make an explosive sound

  "sputtering engines"

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