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to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
  • she was so shocked that, for a moment, all she could do was sputter

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The first known use of sputter was in 1598

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“Sputter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sputter. Accessed 4 Dec. 2021.

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