"sputter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspʌtɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sputter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sputters [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*sputren}} Middle English *sputren, {{m|enm|*sputrien}} *sputrien, {{der|en|enm|sputen|t=to spout, vomit}} Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), {{suf|en|spout|er|id2=verbal frequentative}} spout + -er, {{cog|stq|spüttern||to inject, spray, splash}} Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), {{cog|fy|sputterje||to sputter}} West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), {{cog|nl|sputteren||to sputter}} Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), {{cog|nds|sputtern}} Low German sputtern, {{m|nds|spruttern||to sprinkle}} spruttern (“to sprinkle”), {{cog|de|sprudeln||to spout, squirt}} German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”), {{l|en|splutter}} splutter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sputter (countable and uncountable, plural sputters)
  1. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-noun-4gUxspPt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 14 14 4 15 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative): 23 11 17 17 12 12 8
  2. Confused and hasty speech. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-noun-8ydNuFBW

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈspʌtɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sputter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sputters [present, singular, third-person], sputtering [participle, present], sputtered [participle, past], sputtered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*sputren}} Middle English *sputren, {{m|enm|*sputrien}} *sputrien, {{der|en|enm|sputen|t=to spout, vomit}} Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), {{suf|en|spout|er|id2=verbal frequentative}} spout + -er, {{cog|stq|spüttern||to inject, spray, splash}} Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), {{cog|fy|sputterje||to sputter}} West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), {{cog|nl|sputteren||to sputter}} Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), {{cog|nds|sputtern}} Low German sputtern, {{m|nds|spruttern||to sprinkle}} spruttern (“to sprinkle”), {{cog|de|sprudeln||to spout, squirt}} German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”), {{l|en|splutter}} splutter Head templates: {{en-verb}} sputter (third-person singular simple present sputters, present participle sputtering, simple past and past participle sputtered)
  1. (intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. Tags: intransitive Translations (to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking): пръскам слюнки (prǎskam sljunki) (Bulgarian), pärskytellä (Finnish), postillonner (French), spucken (German), ānu (Maori), бры́згать слюной (brýzgatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-verb-zFRHejNt Disambiguation of 'to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking': 71 21 4 3 1
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly): sopertaa (Finnish), sössöttää (Finnish), mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen (German), бессвязно говори́ть (bessvjazno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-verb-yM7OMPaw Disambiguation of Sounds: 15 15 9 22 12 16 10 Disambiguation of 'to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly': 23 68 5 3 1
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-verb-NiawumLJ
  4. (physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Physics Translations (to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions): разпрашвам (razprašvam) (Bulgarian), rozprašovat [imperfective] (Czech), odprašovat [imperfective] (Czech), sputteroida (Finnish), pulvériser (French)
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-verb-sJHX-tH1 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions': 2 2 2 92 2
  5. (physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Physics Translations (to coat the surface of an object by sputtering): naprašovat [imperfective] (Czech), naprášit [perfective] (Czech), sputteroida (Finnish), pölyttää (Finnish), revêtir, métalliser (French), напылять (napyljatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sputter-en-verb-kcWAClpu Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to coat the surface of an object by sputtering': 0 0 3 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sputter coating, sputter out Related terms: spit nails

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."
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          "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
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          "code": "de",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razprašvam",
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          "_dis1": "2 2 2 92 2",
          "code": "cs",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "2 2 2 92 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "odprašovat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 2 2 92 2",
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          "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "2 2 2 92 2",
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          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "naprášit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 3 3 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
          "word": "sputteroida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 3 3 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
          "word": "pölyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 3 3 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
          "word": "revêtir, métalliser"
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          "word": "напылять"
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."
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          "spit#Verb"
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        [
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        "(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret",
          "text": "In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest and falsest accusations.",
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        }
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          "rapidly"
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          "utter",
          "utter#Verb"
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        [
          "words",
          "word#Noun"
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          "indistinctly"
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          "spluttering",
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        [
          "sound",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage."
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        "transitive"
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy",
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          "transitive"
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering."
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
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        "To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions."
      ],
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          "physics"
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          "atom"
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        [
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          "electron"
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        [
          "solid",
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        ],
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          "eject",
          "eject"
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        [
          "bombard",
          "bombard"
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        [
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          "heavy"
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          "ion"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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        "To coat the surface of an object by sputtering."
      ],
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          "physics"
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          "coat",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering."
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        "transitive"
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        "physics"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspʌtɚ/",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prǎskam sljunki",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "пръскам слюнки"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "pärskytellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "postillonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "spucken"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "ānu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brýzgatʹ",
      "sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
      "word": "бры́згать слюной"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
      "word": "sopertaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
      "word": "sössöttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
      "word": "mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bessvjazno",
      "sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
      "word": "бессвязно говори́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razprašvam",
      "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
      "word": "разпрашвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozprašovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odprašovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
      "word": "sputteroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
      "word": "pulvériser"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "naprašovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "naprášit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "word": "sputteroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "word": "pölyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "word": "revêtir, métalliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napyljatʹ",
      "sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
      "word": "напылять"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sputter"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": govorítʹ vs. bessvjazno",
  "path": [
    "sputter"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "sputter",
  "trace": ""
}

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