From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
splutter
n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering,
sputter, splutter, sputtering]
2: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
[syn: sputter, splutter]
v 1: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage [syn:
sputter, splutter]
2: spit up in an explosive manner [syn: splutter, sputter,
spit out]