Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spluttering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Splutter \Splut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spluttered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Spluttering}.] [Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to
sputter. Cf. {Sputter}.]
To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
--Carleton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spluttering
adj : emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the
sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs" [syn: {sputtering}]
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