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Synonyms for sputter
ˈspʌt ər
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Princeton's WordNet
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering(noun)
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
"he heard a spatter of gunfire"
Synonyms:
splattering, splatter, splashing, splutter, splash, dab, spatter, spattering, sputteringsputter, splutter(verb)
an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
Synonyms:
spatter, splutter, sputtering, splatter, spattering, splatteringsputter(verb)
make an explosive sound
"sputtering engines"
Synonyms:
scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinsputter(verb)
cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
"The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
Synonyms:
scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinclamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter(verb)
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Synonyms:
fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, scramble, throw together, struggle, bark, spit out, pare, scrape, skin, peel, clamber, shinnysputter, splutter(verb)
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Synonyms:
scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinsplutter, sputter, spit out(verb)
spit up in an explosive manner
Synonyms:
scramble, cough out, struggle, spit, splutter, clamber, spit up, spit out, cough up, expectorate, shin, shinny, skin
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1509 | skin | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2851 | beat | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#11503 | splash | |
#11929 | peel | |
#12440 | bark | |
#16173 | shin | |
#17186 | spit | |
#17639 | dab | |
#20325 | contend | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#32152 | jumble | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#42771 | pare | |
#47446 | splashing | |
#49181 | sputtering | |
#53814 | splatter | |
#78692 | sputter | |
#102076 | shinny | |
#102863 | spatter | |
#137720 | splattering | |
#147504 | clamber | |
#202227 | spattering | |
#223532 | splutter |
How to use sputter in a sentence?
Immediately you could see the engine started to sputter and just cut out, and he banked sharply to the left, he ended up crashing around the eighth hole.
China's economic engine... has begun to sputter, for the global economy that represents a problem.
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