sputter

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To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech

In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. -Swift.

Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering

Like the green wood...sputtering in the flame. -Dryden.

To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking
To coat the surface of an object by sputtering
To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions
To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva

They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. -Congreve.

{v} to throw out spittle in speaking
cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
{f} eject bits of food or water from the mouth while making explosive sounds; make popping or exploding sounds
{i} act of ejecting bits of food or water from the mouth accompanied by explosive sounds; confused and incoherent speech
make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
spit up in an explosive manner
If something such as an engine or a flame sputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds. The truck sputtered and stopped The flame sputters out. = splutter
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"
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
sputterer
Agent noun of sputter; one who sputters
sputtering
The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object
sputtering
Present participle of sputter
sputterer
{n} one who sputters or talks very fast
sputtered
past of sputter
sputterer
One who sputters
sputterer
{i} person or thing that sputters, person or thing that makes popping or exploding sounds
sputtering
The process of depositing thin film in a vacuum by generating a plasma which bombards a target and ejects the particles at the atomic level by momentum transfer
sputtering
Depositing a layer of metal from a fine meta or alloy target through a dielectric gas onto a part
sputtering
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
sputtering
Bombarding metal surface with positive ions to form fine-grained coating on surface
sputtering
A form of physical vapor deposition (PVD) often used for deposition of metal films Sputtering involves knocking metal atoms off a disc of pure metal with charged, energetic, chemically inactive atoms called ions (from a plasma) The metal atoms will re-deposit onto the wafer to build up the desired metal film back to top
sputtering
emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs"
sputtering
A vacuum method of depositing a very consistent thin magnetic film on substrate surfaces
sputtering
Sputtering is the impact of high speed atomic particles on surfaces of materials These impacts can cause chemical changes on the target material and/or knock components of the surface free
sputters
third-person singular of sputter
sputter

    Hyphenation

    sput·ter

    Turkish pronunciation

    spʌtır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈspətər/ /ˈspʌtɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'sp&-t&r ] (verb.) 1598. From the root of spout or spit "to eject from the mouth." (Can we verify this etymology?)
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