sputtering

A noise that sputters.

Noun

  1. A noise that sputters.
    • The women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, seated in the rows where the first violins are typically located, contributed an array of haunting vocal sounds: hushed hums, sustained high tones, sputterings and more. -...
  2. The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.

Forms

sputterings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of sputter