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| sput·ter [ spúttər ] |
verb (past and past participle sput·tered, present participle sput·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular sput·ters) |
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1. intransitive verb make popping sound: to make a popping, spitting sound
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2. intransitive verb speak explosively: to make sounds or pronounce words in an explosive way, especially when angry or excited
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3. intransitive verb spit out food and saliva: to spray out drops of saliva or food particles, especially when talking or laughing while eating
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4. transitive and intransitive verb physics remove surface atoms by ion bombardment: to cause, or experience, an effect in which the atoms of a surface are removed through bombardment by ions, e.g. in cathode evaporation in a discharge tube
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5. transitive verb physics use metal to coat something: to use metal removed by the process of sputtering to coat something
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noun (plural sput·ters) |
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1. noise of sputtering: the noise of a person, fire, candle, or other object sputtering
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2. incoherent speech: the confused or incoherent speech of somebody who is angry or excited
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| [Late 16th century. < Dutch sputteren "spray"] |
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  sput·ter·er noun |
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