Noun
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an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
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the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
"he heard a spatter of gunfire"
Verb
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spit up in an explosive manner
- spit out -
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
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climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
"The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
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make an explosive sound
"sputtering engines"