资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Splutter \Splut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spluttered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Spluttering}.] [Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to
   sputter. Cf. {Sputter}.]
   To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
   --Carleton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

spluttering
     adj : emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the
           sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs" [syn: {sputtering}]