verb🔗ShareTo emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."The angry man sputtered insults as he stormed away from the argument. "bodyphysiologylanguagecommunicationhumanactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage."The angry customer sputtered insults at the cashier, his face red with fury. "languagecommunicationsoundactionpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering."The old car sputtered and stalled as it tried to climb the hill, throwing out puffs of black smoke. "soundactionmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions."The research scientist sputtered gold atoms onto the silicon wafer using a beam of argon ions. "physicsmaterialsciencetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo coat the surface of an object by sputtering."The technician sputtered a thin layer of gold onto the satellite's reflector. "materialtechnologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
