sputtered
past simple and past participle ofsputter
sputter
verb
uk/ˈspʌt.ər/us/ˈspʌt̬.ɚ/sputterverb(SOUND)
[I]
to make severalquickexplosivesounds:
Thecarsputteredonceortwiceand thenstopped.
Witnessesreportedhearingenginessputtering before theplanecrashed.
[T,I]
to say something in aseriesofquickexplosivesounds,especiallywhen you areshockedorangry:
"This is New York!" sputters anexasperatedRay.
HeheardDebbie sputter ashockedinsult.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
sputterverb(ACTIVITY)
[I]literary
If anactivitysputters, itcontinuesweakly, and does not makepeoplefeelconfidentabout it:
Russia'spresidentialcampaignsputtered to anuneasycloseonMonday.
Healthcostsarerisingwhile theeconomyis sputtering.
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- fuzzy
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- joker in the packidiom
- questioning
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- tentatively
Examplesofsputtered
sputtered
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In such a case,sputteredions will mostly be trapped within the porous matrix and thus not contribute to momentum transfer.
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Despite initial uneasiness on the part of legislators and labor officials, these funds began to proliferate in the 1950s as the movement for national health insurancesputtered.
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Novel geometrical effects observed in debris when polymers are lasersputtered.
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As the primary beam rasters on the sample surface, the signal from thesputteredions or secondary electrons is collected to form an image.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesputteredatoms are neutrally charged and so are unaffected by the magnetic trap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The following season though the teamsputteredto a losing record.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plane's engine was reported to havesputteredand caught fire immediately after lifting from the end of the runway.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Auburnsputteredand never scored again or had the lead.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A plated orsputteredmagnetic layer could be made much thinner than the coated urethane binder layer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesputtered, secondary ions are directed onto the mass spectrometry system to be measured.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A secondary technique for synthesis requires asputteredplatinum film deposited on a silicon substrate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A multilayer system consists of thousands of thin single layers of the component combination that are alternatelysputteredon the substrate surface.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since the flux that strikes the target is composed of neutral atoms, either insulating or conducting targets can besputtered.
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