sputter

I could practically hear Galanter sputter.

The bloom may slide off the rose, and in a campaign with the highest stakes of our lifetime, we may be tempted to start pointing fingers and shouting again when we don’t like the VP pick, or if court-reform efforts seem inadequate, or if the memes all start to rasp and sputter.

Meaning, if the bats still sputter through the summer, they better be ready to make some moves.

Generators roar and sputter on Kharkiv’s sidewalks, powering businesses and cafes during frequent outages.

A year after yielding one sack after another, the offensive line has continued to sputter.