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Thesaurus: splutter

To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.

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  1. v. i. To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
  2. n. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.
  3. n. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  4. n. an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
  5. v. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
  6. v. spit up in an explosive manner
  7. To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.] Carleton. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. [Colloq.]
  8. To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]Carleton.
  9. v:100 v. spit up in an explosive manner