sputter

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(sput-ter) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to make a series of soft explosive sounds.

Example Sentence

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

More Example Sentences

He tried to speak but only sputtered sounds.

Synonyms

splutter; stammer; sputter out

Antonyms

silence

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

sputter
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • butter
  • clutter
  • cutter
  • dutter
  • flutter
  • gutter
  • hutter
  • kutter
  • lutter
  • mutter
  • nutter
  • putter
  • rutter
  • schutter
  • shutter
  • sputter
  • stutter
  • sutter
  • utter
  • what're

  • aflutter
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