SPUTTER

sputter. Sputter, v. to throw out spittle in speaking, &c.

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Sput″ter (spŭt″tẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sputtered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering.] [[From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf. Splutter.]] 1. 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2. 2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve. 3. 3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame. Dryden.