splutter

IPA: spɫˈʌtɝ

(countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
(countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
(figuratively)
(countable) A noisy commotion.
(countable) A disagreement or dispute.
(uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.

(transitive)
To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
(figuratively)
To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
(intransitive)
Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.

Examples of "splutter" in Sentences

A minute later the splutter of an exhaust told them the silencer had been taken off.
The recording itself is thrilling, if warts-and-all, with Pappano singing along, while the audience cough and splutter between movements.
Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches.
Jeffrey sez, We're getting more and more excellent panoramic photographers uploading their spherical panoramas to our site - but this one made me splutter with delight.
"This isn't reality TV!" they splutter, settling in for 60 solid minutes watching a woman fake-tanned the shade of a third-degree burn glueing diamante craft beads on to her vagina.
If they dont splutter over their retraction at this point, then they would more likely be at home being a patient of a mental ward rather than managing one. on July 7, 2009 at 11: 08 am grim rupert
It is of a monster enterprise monstering itself, of a family that can't get a grip – on itself or dad; of a dynasty falling apart as shareholders splutter and investors turned chicken cross the road.
An unexpected beat on a snare drum made a French horn splutter out a belching sound, and in the back of the band something big emitted a snort, one that made Lisa think of a blue whale that had just surfaced after a week underwater.