splutter

1. (transitive)To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.

2. (transitive)To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.

3. (figuratively, transitive)To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).

4. (figuratively, transitive)Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.

5. (intransitive)Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.

6. Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.

   (intransitive)To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.

7. (intransitive)Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.

8. (intransitive)To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.

9. (intransitive)Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).

10. (figuratively, intransitive)To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.

    stottern

11. (figuratively, intransitive)To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.

1. After spluttering at first, the engine is now running smoothly.

   deNach anfänglichem Stottern läuft der Motor jetzt einwandfrei. — al_ex_an_der

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