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verb Download 🔗Share To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage. Examples : "The angry customer sputtered insults at the cashier, his face red with fury. " language communication sound action person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions. Examples : "The research scientist sputtered gold atoms onto the silicon wafer using a beam of argon ions. " physics material science technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To coat the surface of an object by sputtering. Examples : "The technician sputtered a thin layer of gold onto the satellite's reflector. " material technology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
