 
		
		Definition of sputter:
		
		
		(n) :
		
		moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and 
hasty speech
		 
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in 
rapid speaking; 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."