SPUTTER, SPUTTERING
ADJECTIVES
► SPUTTERY inclined to sputter or burst out explosively → 1858
NOUNS
► FIZZLE the act of sputtering or hissing → 1842
NOUNS – PERSON
► SPUTTERER a person who sputters → 1687
VERBS
► FIZZLE to sputter or hiss, as a firework, etc.→ 1859
► SPIT to sputter → 1611
► SPURTLE to sputter → 1682
► THUTTER to make the sputtering or shaking sound suggested by the word → 1897
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