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sputter

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sputter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

she was so shocked that, for a moment, all she could do was sputter

Synonyms of sputter

babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle

Words Related to sputter

blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak (also yack)

chunter [British], maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter

stammer, stutter

screech, shout, shriek

Near Antonyms of sputter

articulate, enunciate, pronounce

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