sputter
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                    Noun
                    
                the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
                
                    Noun
                    
                an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
                
                    Verb
                    
                make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
                
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                cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
                
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                climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
                
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                utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
                
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            spit up in an explosive manner