(1):
(v. i.) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
(2):
(v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
(3):
(n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
(4):
(v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
(5):
(v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.