splutter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
    splatter; spatter; spattering; sputter; sputtering; splattering.
    • he heard a spatter of gunfire
  2. noun an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
    sputter.
  3. verb utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
    sputter.
  4. verb spit up in an explosive manner
    sputter; spit out.

WordNet

Splut"ter intransitive verb
Etymology
Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to sputter. Cf. Sputter.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Spluttered ; present participle & verbal noun Spluttering
Definitions
  1. To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. Colloq. Carleton.
Splut"ter noun
Definitions
  1. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. Colloq.

Webster 1913