sputter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
he heard a spatter of gunfire
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make an explosive sound
sputtering engines
Types & categories
- pop hypernym
Related & opposite
- spatter derivation
Sense 3 noun
an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
Types & categories
- utterance hypernym
Related & opposite
- splutter derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 5 verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Types & categories
- climb hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
spit up in an explosive manner
Types & categories
- cough out hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splutter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sputter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spatter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splutter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | utterance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clamber |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | climb |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sputter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spatter |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cough out |