Splut·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spluttered p. pr. & vb. n. Spluttering.] To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
Splut·ter, n. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. [Colloq.]
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splutter
n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;
"he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering,
splatter, splattering, sputter, sputtering]
2: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
[syn: sputter]
v 1: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage [syn: sputter]
2: spit up in an explosive manner [syn: sputter, spit out]