sputter

Meanings

• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
• an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
• make an explosive sound
  • "sputtering engines"
• cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
  • "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
• spit up in an explosive manner

Synonyms

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, spatter, spattering, spit out, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering, struggle