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