Synonyms for sputter
ˈspʌt ərsput·ter

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1. spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputteringnoun

   the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

   "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

   Synonyms:
   splattering, splatter, splashing, splutter, splash, dab, spatter, spattering, sputtering

2. sputter, splutterverb

   an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

   Synonyms:
   spatter, splutter, sputtering, splatter, spattering, splattering

3. sputterverb

   make an explosive sound

   "sputtering engines"

   Synonyms:
   scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skin

4. sputterverb

   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, skin

5. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb

   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, shinny

6. sputter, splutterverb

   utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

   Synonyms:
   scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skin

7. splutter, sputter, spit outverb

   spit up in an explosive manner

   Synonyms:
   scramble, cough out, struggle, spit, splutter, clamber, spit up, spit out, cough up, expectorate, shin, shinny, skin

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Climb
   • Pop
   • Spit Up
   • Utter

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. sputterverb

   Synonyms:
   spit, spawl

2. sputterverb

   Synonyms:
   splutter, stammer

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How to use sputter in a sentence?

1. Jeff Kuprycz:

   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.

2. Frederic Neumann:

   China's economic engine... has begun to sputter, for the global economy that represents a problem.