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SPUTTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
Example:
he heard a spatter of gunfire
Synonyms:
spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sputtering" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Derivation:
sputter (make an explosive sound)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb sputter