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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. sputterverb

   Synonyms:
   spit, spawl

2. sputterverb

   Synonyms:
   splutter, stammer

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How to use sputter in a sentence?

1. Frederic Neumann:

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

2. 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.