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Puttered
(gcide) | Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Puttering.] [See Potter.]
To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a
liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around
in the garden.
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Sputtered
(gcide) | Sputter \Sput"ter\ (sp[u^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Sputtered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering.] [From
the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf.
Splutter.]
1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small,
scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
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2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so
rapidly as to emit saliva.
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They could neither of them speak their rage, and so
fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting
apples. --Congreve.
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3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a
noise like that made by one sputtering.
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Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame.
--Dryden.
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