Spluttering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Splutter \Splut"ter\ (spl[u^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Spluttered} (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spluttering}.]
     [Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to sputter. Cf. {Sputter}.]
     To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
     --Carleton.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spluttering
       adj : emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the
             sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs" [syn: {sputtering}]