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sputtering
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sputtering has 1 sense
- sputtering(n = noun.event) spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" is a kind of noise
Derived form verb sputter1
THESAURUS
sputtering
beating, clicking, dancing, desultory, drumming, flickering, flickery, flicky, fluttering, fluttery, guttering, palpitant, pounding, spattering, spluttering, sputtery, staccato, throbbing, thrumming, thumping, ticking, unsteady, wavering, wavery
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