The Clue
Fitful (10 letter answer)
The Answer
SPUTTERING
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Notes
The answer SPUTTERING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
SPUTTERING as a noun:
1. (spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering) = the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
SPUTTER as a verb:
1. make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
2. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
3. (clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter) = climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
4. (sputter, splutter) = utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
5. (splutter, sputter, spit out) = spit up in an explosive manner