verb🔗ShareCracher, postillonnerTo emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."The nervous student sputtered out his answer to the teacher's question. "L'élève nerveux a craché sa réponse à la question du professeur.physiologybodycommunicationlanguagesoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBalbutier, bafouillerTo speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage."The angry customer was sputtering complaints at the cashier about the broken product. "Le client en colère balbutiait des plaintes à la caissière au sujet du produit défectueux.languagecommunicationsoundactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrachoter, éclabousserTo throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering."The old car engine was sputtering exhaust as it tried to start. "Le vieux moteur de la voiture crachait de l'échappement alors qu'il essayait de démarrer.soundactionmachinetechnicalenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePulvériserTo cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions."The scientist was sputtering a thin film of gold onto the silicon wafer using argon ions. "Le scientifique pulvérisait une fine couche d'or sur la plaquette de silicium à l'aide d'ions argon.materialphysicssciencetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePulvériserTo coat the surface of an object by sputtering."The scientist is sputtering a thin layer of gold onto the microscope slide. "Le scientifique pulvérise une fine couche d'or sur la lame de microscope.technologymaterialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn crépitement, un clapotementA noise that sputters."The old car's sputtering at the stoplight made everyone turn to look. "Le crépitement de la vieille voiture au feu rouge a fait que tout le monde s'est retourné pour regarder.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePulvérisationThe 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."In the lab, the student used sputtering to deposit a thin film of gold onto the microscope slide. "En laboratoire, l'étudiant a utilisé la pulvérisation pour déposer une fine couche d'or sur la lame de microscope.materialsciencetechnologyphysicschemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
