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Noun: splutter  splú-tu(r)
  1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
    "he heard a splutter of gunfire";
    - spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, sputtering
     
  2. An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
    - sputter
Verb: splutter  splú-tu(r)
  1. Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
    - sputter
     
  2. Spit up in an explosive manner
    - sputter, spit out

Derived forms: spluttered, spluttering, splutters

Type of: cough out, cough up, emit, expectorate, let loose, let out, noise, spit out, spit up, utter, utterance, vocalization