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# sputter

«sputter» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make short, hissing or spitting noises, as a fire or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sputters, sputtered, sputtering)

### meaning for a pupil

To sputter is to make short, hissing or spitting noises, as a fire or a match does when it burns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sputter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, a match or a fire that fizzes and crackles as it burns

### examples

- She struck one, and it sputtered as it burnt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sputter/#x1)
- The tree began to sputter and burn like a candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sputter/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sputter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sputter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.