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Sputter

23:39 May 25, 2019
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Other / Sports
English term or phrase: Sputter
Hello,

The writer is quoting a coach describing an important football match back in 2007 between Boston College and Virginia Tech.

Context:
The weather that late October night was awful, to say the least, with heave rain and wind. Through the first three and a half quarters of that game, it was a pure defensive battle with both offenses struggling not only due to the weather, but also due to brilliant defense play and coaching for both teams. We were down 10-0 with a little more than 3:00 left in the game. All night we had sputtered on offense and made little progress; however, on this drive Matt was finally able to get something working, and we scored to make it 10-7 with 2:11 left.


Book: Unstoppable
Author: Dave Anderson

Question:

What is meant by "we had sputtered on offense" here? I understand the verb "to sputter" means to emit saliva unintentionally as in when someone speaks enthusiastically or angrily. Is that a figurative sentence to imply they (players/the team) exerted an enormous effort on the offense side?

Thanks!
HananShahin
Egypt
Local time: 21:09


Summary of answers provided
4انتفض
Ebrahim Mohammed
4يشَجِّع بجنون
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sputter
انتفض


Explanation:
''we had sputtered on offense''
في سياق مباراة كرة قدم على الأغلب تعني انتفضنا للأمام ...

أو قمنا بسلسلة من الهجمات ....

Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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2 days 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sputter
يشَجِّع بجنون


Explanation:
In Al-Marid Al-Hadeeth dictionary, page 1134 :

(2) يلفظ (الكلمات أو التهديدات إلخ) بسرعة أو اختلاط أو اهتياج.

شَجَّعْنا خَطَّ الهجومِ بجُنونٍ طوال الليلة، وهو ما حقق تقدماً بسيطاً.

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Note added at 2 days 12 hrs (2019-05-28 12:02:23 GMT)
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نهتف لخط الهجوم بحماس

Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Egypt
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
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