資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sputter \Sput"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sputtered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sputtering}.] [From the root of spout or spit to
   eject from the mputh. Cf. {Splutter}.]
   1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small,
      scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

   2. 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.

   3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a
      noise like that made by one sputtering.

            Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame.
                                                  --Dryden.