sputter
     n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;
          "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: {spatter}, {spattering},
           {splatter}, {splattering}, {splutter}, {sputtering}]
     2: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
        [syn: {splutter}]
     v 1: make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
     2: cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The
        solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of
        the dust"
     3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber}, {scramble},
         {shin}, {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}]
     4: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage [syn: {splutter}]
     5: spit up in an explosive manner [syn: {splutter}, {spit out}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0