1. (

• spatter ,
• spattering ,
• splatter ,
• splattering ,
• sputter ,
• splutter ,
• sputtering

) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" ;

2. (

• sputter ,
• splutter

) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) ;

1. (

• sputter

) make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines" ;

2. (

• sputter

) cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust" ;

3. (

• clamber ,
• scramble ,
• shin ,
• shinny ,
• skin ,
• struggle ,
• sputter

) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling ;

4. (

• sputter ,
• splutter

) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage ;

5. (

• splutter ,
• sputter ,
• spit_out

) spit up in an explosive manner ;