Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sputter
Participle: sputtered
Gerund: sputtering
Indicative
Present
| I | sputter |
| you | sputter |
| he;she;it | sputters |
| we | sputter |
| you | sputter |
| they | sputter |
Perfect
| I | have sputtered |
| you | have sputtered |
| he;she;it | has sputtered |
| we | have sputtered |
| you | have sputtered |
| they | have sputtered |
Past
| I | sputtered |
| you | sputtered |
| he;she;it | sputtered |
| we | sputtered |
| you | sputtered |
| they | sputtered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sputtered |
| you | had sputtered |
| he;she;it | had sputtered |
| we | had sputtered |
| you | had sputtered |
| they | had sputtered |
Future
| I | will sputter |
| you | will sputter |
| he;she;it | will sputter |
| we | will sputter |
| you | will sputter |
| they | will sputter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sputtered |
| you | will have sputtered |
| he;she;it | will have sputtered |
| we | will have sputtered |
| you | will have sputtered |
| they | will have sputtered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sputter |
| you | sputter |
| he;she;it | sputter |
| we | sputter |
| you | sputter |
| they | sputter |
Perfect
| I | have sputtered |
| you | have sputtered |
| he;she;it | have sputtered |
| we | have sputtered |
| you | have sputtered |
| they | have sputtered |
Imperfect
| I | sputtered |
| you | sputtered |
| he;she;it | sputtered |
| we | sputtered |
| you | sputtered |
| they | sputtered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sputtered |
| you | had sputtered |
| he;she;it | had sputtered |
| we | had sputtered |
| you | had sputtered |
| they | had sputtered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sputter |
| you | would sputter |
| he;she;it | would sputter |
| we | would sputter |
| you | would sputter |
| they | would sputter |
Perfect
| I | would have sputtered |
| you | would have sputtered |
| he;she;it | would have sputtered |
| we | would have sputtered |
| you | would have sputtered |
| they | would have sputtered |
Imperative
| you | sputter |
| we | Let's sputter |
| you | sputter |
Verbs conjugated like 'sputter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sputter'
putter,
scutter,
shutter,
spatter,
splutter,
stutter,
butter,
chutter,
clutter,
flutter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter. See: Dutch '
sputteren', Low Saxon 'sputtern', German, old spelling '
sprudeln'.
Sample Sentences
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The child [...] kicked, and crowed, and sputtered, when his mother took him, and put up his little fingers to clutch her hair, and was to her as a young god upon the earth. Nothing in the world had ever been created so beautiful, so joyous, so satisfactory, so divine! [1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Milborough as Ambassador”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 87:]
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They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. [1700, William Congreve, The Way of the World:]
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In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest and falsest accusations. [1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret:]
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Like the green wood [...] sputtering in the flame. [1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:]