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Yes, sputter is playable

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"Sputter" Definition

noun

Excited or confused utterance.
Matter emitted in sputtering.
The act or sound of sputtering.
Confused and excited speech or discussion.
The act or sound of .

verb-intransitive

Physics To cause the atoms of a solid to be removed from the surface by bombardment with atoms in a discharge tube.
To make sporadic spitting or popping sounds: The fire sputtered and died.
To spit out or spray particles of saliva or food from the mouth in noisy bursts.
To spit out words or sounds in an excited or confused manner.

verb-transitive

Physics To coat (a solid surface) with metal atoms by sputtering.
To eject in short bursts with spitting or popping sounds.
To utter in an excited or confused manner.

verb

To spit or squirt from the mouth with explosive sounds.
To utter hastily or explosively in confusion or excitement .
To dislodge (atoms) from the surface of a material by collision with high energy particles.
To deposit (a metallic film) by such a process.
To spit or squirt particles of food or saliva noisily from the mouth.

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