Thesaurus: sputter

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1. v. i. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2. v. i. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
3. v. i. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
4. v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
5. n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
6. n. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
7. n. an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
8. v. make an explosive sound
9. v. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
10. v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
11. v. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
12. v. spit up in an explosive manner