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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Origin: | sputteren |
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sput‧ter
1 [intransitive] if something such as an engine or a fire sputters, it makes short soft uneven noises like very small explosions [= splutter]: Suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.
[intransitive]Suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.2 [intransitive and transitive] to talk quickly in short confused phrases, especially because you are angry or shocked [= splutter]: 'What do you mean?' sputtered Annabelle.
'What do you mean?' sputtered Annabelle. —sputter noun [uncountable and countable]
