"sputter out" meaning in All languages combined

See sputter out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sputters out [present, singular, third-person], sputtering out [participle, present], sputtered out [participle, past], sputtered out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sputter out (third-person singular simple present sputters out, present participle sputtering out, simple past and past participle sputtered out)
  1. (intransitive, of an engine, motor, etc.) To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off. Tags: intransitive, usually Synonyms: stall out
    Sense id: en-sputter_out-en-verb-Vz9oZqb7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (intransitive, informal) To die. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sputter_out-en-verb-jx6TKsZL

Inflected forms

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      "form": "sputters out",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sputtering out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sputtered out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sputtered out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off."
      ],
      "id": "en-sputter_out-en-verb-Vz9oZqb7",
      "links": [
        [
          "emit",
          "emit"
        ],
        [
          "shutting off",
          "shut off"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "motor",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of an engine, motor, etc.) To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off."
      ],
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        "of an engine"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "stall out"
        }
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        "intransitive",
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Mark O. Everett, Jim Jacobsen, Jim Weatherly (lyrics and music), “Novocaine for the Soul”, in Beautiful Freak, performed by Eels:",
          "text": "You'd better give me something so I don't die / Novocaine for the soul / Before I sputter out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To die."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sputter out"
}
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sputtered out",
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    },
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      "form": "sputtered out",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off."
      ],
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        [
          "emit",
          "emit"
        ],
        [
          "shutting off",
          "shut off"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "motor",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of an engine, motor, etc.) To emit a series of irregular, erratic popping or spitting sounds before shutting off."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an engine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "usually"
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    },
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      ],
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          "ref": "1996, Mark O. Everett, Jim Jacobsen, Jim Weatherly (lyrics and music), “Novocaine for the Soul”, in Beautiful Freak, performed by Eels:",
          "text": "You'd better give me something so I don't die / Novocaine for the soul / Before I sputter out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
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          "die"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, informal) To die."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "stall out"
    }
  ],
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}

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