Splutter \Splut"ter\ (spl[u^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Spluttered} (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spluttering}.]
[Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to sputter. Cf. {Sputter}.]
To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
--Carleton.
[1913 Webster]