splutter

To make repeated or sporadic spitting sounds.

To speak hastily and incoherently, as when confused or angry.

To utter or express hastily and incoherently.

A spluttering noise.

Bustle; stir; commotion.

To sputter.

To talk hastily and confusedly.

To utter confusedly or indistinctly, as through haste, excitement, embarrassment, or the like: often with out or forth: as, to splutter out an apology.

A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.

To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.