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sputter


2sputter

noun

Definition of SPUTTER

1
: confused and excited speech or discussion
2
: the act or sound of sputtering

First Known Use of SPUTTER

1673

Rhymes with SPUTTER

butter, clutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, shutter, splutter, strutter, stutter, utter

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