The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spluttered
Splutter \Splut"ter\ (spl[u^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Spluttered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spluttering.]
To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]
--Carleton.
Wiktionary
spluttered
vb. (en-past of: splutter)