sputtered

verb

1. 1

   To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

2. 2

   To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.

3. 3

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

4. 4

   To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.

5. 5

   To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.