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sputter
noun
1 sputter
2 sputter
An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).
synonym: splutter.
verb
1 sputter
Make an explosive sound.
Roget 70:
be discontinuous
etc.
adj.;
alternate,
intermit,
sputter,
stop and start,
hesitate.
discontinue,
pause,
interrupt;
intervene;
break,
break in upon,
break off;
interpose
etc.
228;
break the thread,
snap the thread;
disconnect
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
dissever.
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Roget 348:
flow,
run;
meander;
gush,
pour,
spout,
roll,
jet,
well,
issue;
drop,
drip,
dribble,
plash,
spirtle†,
trill,
trickle,
distill,
percolate;
stream,
overflow,
inundate,
deluge,
flow over,
splash,
swash;
guggle†,
murmur,
babble,
bubble,
purl,
gurgle,
sputter,
spurt,
spray,
regurgitate;
ooze,
flow out
etc.
(egress)
295.
rain hard,
rain in torrents,
rain cats and dogs,
rain pitchforks;
pour with rain,
drizzle,
spit,
set in;
mizzle†.
flow into,
fall into,
open into,
drain into;
discharge itself,
disembogue†.
[Cause a flow]
pour;
pour out
etc.
(discharge)
297;
shower down,
irrigate,
drench
etc.
(wet)
337;
spill,
splash.
[Stop a flow]
stanch;
dam,
up
etc.
(close)
261;
obstruct
etc.
706.
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2 sputter
Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed.
3 sputter
4 sputter
Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.
synonym: splutter.
Roget 297:
give exit,
give vent to;
let out,
give out,
pour out,
squeeze out,
send out;
dispatch,
despatch;
exhale,
excern†,
excrete;
embogue†;
secrete,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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Roget 583:
stammer,
stutter,
hesitate,
falter,
hammer;
balbutiate†,
balbucinate†,
haw,
hum and haw,
be unable to put two words together.
mumble,
mutter;
maud†,
mauder†;
whisper
etc.
405;
mince,
lisp;
jabber,
gibber;
sputter,
splutter;
muffle,
mump†;
drawl,
mouth;
croak;
speak thick,
speak through the nose;
snuffle,
clip one's words;
murder the language,
murder the King's English,
murder the Queen's English;
mispronounce,
missay†.
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5 sputter
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