01 v. i. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
imp. & p. p.
Sputtered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sputtering
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1.
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
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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.
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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.