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Spurting
- verb - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
Sputters
- noun - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
- spit up in an explosive manner
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Squatina
- noun - type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks
Squatted
- verb - be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
- occupy (a dwelling) illegally
- sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
Squatter
- adjective - having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
- short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
- someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- someone who settles on land without right or title
Start Up
- verb - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
- get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a su
- get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
Start-Up
- - One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
Starters
- noun - a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- any new participant in some activity
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
Startful
- - Apt to start; skittish.
Starting
- verb - (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets"
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
- appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"
- Began
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
- begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
- bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
- bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
- get going or set in