- spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
--1 is a kind of noise
Derived form: verb sputter1 - sputter, splutter - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
--2 is a kind of utterance, vocalization
Derived form: verb sputter4
- sputter - make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
--1 is one way to pop
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun sputter1, noun sputtering1
Something ----s
- sputter - cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
--3 is one way to climb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- sputter, splutter - utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
--4 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sputter2
Cars sputter in the streets
The streets sputter with cars
- splutter, sputter, spit out - spit up in an explosive manner
--5 is one way to expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling