See Also: sputter(medicine)
sputter(1)(dictionary)
sputter(2)(dictionary)
sputter(dictionary)

winer (iou) and sputter(2) (iou)


winer (iou)



winer noun. M16.
[from Wine noun, verb + -ER1.]
A vintner. Now rare. M16.
A person who Drinks Wine. colloq. E20.

sputter(2) (iou)



sputter verb. L16.
[Dutch sputteren, of imit. origin. Cf. SPLUTTER.]
verb trans. Spit out in small particles or puffs with a slight explosive sound or a series of such sounds; scatter or spread in small drops or bits. L16.
R. Frame The car drove off, sputtering blue exhaust fumes behind it.
verb trans. Utter hastily, with the emission of small drops of saliva, or in a confused, indistinct, or uncontrolled manner, esp. from anger or excitement; splutter. Also foll. by out. L17.
D. Hall I sputtered ponderous thanks.
verb intrans. Spit out Food or saliva in small particles with some force and in a noisy explosive manner. L17.
verb intrans. Speak agitatedly and disjointedly. L17.
M. Machlin A voice sputtered on the Other end in apparent agitation.
verb intrans. Make or emit out a slight explosive sound or series of such sounds, esp. when hot or burning; move away, off, etc., with such a sound or sounds; fig. fizzle out. L17.
K. Douglas Occasionally a machine-gun would sputter for a few seconds. W. C. Williams Roasting hogs, sputtering, their drip sizzling in the fire. E. Jong It took another eight months..for our Marriage to sputter out completely.
Physics.
a. verb intrans. Remove atoms of (a metal) from a cathode by bombarding it with fast positive ions; deposit (metal removed in this way) on another surface. E20.
b. verb trans. Cover (a surface) with metal by sputtering. E20.
Comb.: sputter ion pump Physics a pump in which the gas is absorbed by a getter that is deposited by sputtering it from a cathode.
sputterer noun (rare) L17.
sputtering verbal noun the action of the verb; an instance of this E18.
sputteringly adverb in a sputtering manner; with a sputter or sputters: M19.
sputtery adjective (rare) inclined to sputter M19.