sputter

Phonetic Respelling: [ spuht-er ]

Definition:

v. 1 to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds; 2 spit up in an explosive manner; 3 cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed

Sentence:

If the car's engine starts to sputter take it to the repair shop.

More example sentences:

If the car's engine starts to sputter take it to the repair shop.

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What does a sputter coater do?

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He watched an engine sputter to life. This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

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Synonyms:

popping; sizzling; make explosive sounds

Antonyms:

silence

Sputter rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • butter
  • clutter
  • cutter
  • dutter
  • flutter
  • gutter
  • hutter
  • kutter
  • lutter
  • mutter
  • nutter
  • putter
  • rutter
  • schutter
  • shutter
  • stutter
  • sutter
  • utter
  • what're
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • aflutter