sputter

/spətər/ verbnoun
7 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
VERB
1

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

2

Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.

3

Spit up in an explosive manner.

4

Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed.

“The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust”

5

Make an explosive sound.

“sputtering engines”

NOUN
1

The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.

2

An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).

WORD FORMS
Related formsputtering
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
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Starts & ends withS … R
Syllablessput · ter
SYNONYMS & RELATED13
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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