1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   "The sputtering of the faulty engine worried the mechanic";
   - spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter

1. Make a soft explosive or spitting sound
   "sputtering engines"
    
2. Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
   "He sputtered his objections to the proposal";
   - splutter
    
3. Spit up in an explosive manner
   "He spluttered and sputtered as he tried to speak with a mouthful of water";
   - splutter, spit out
    
4. Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
   "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"

Derived forms: sputterings

Type of: alter, change, cough out, cough up, emit, expectorate, let loose, let out, modify, noise, pop, spit out, spit up, utter

Encyclopedia: Sputtering