To issue, to fly or spring out or forth, in sparkles or small particles. Also figurative.

To issue, come forth, fall, etc., as or in the manner of sparks. Also transferred.

To spring or fly, to spirt, in drops or particles; to throw off drops or small fragments.

To sputter.

intransitive. To burst or fly out in a small quantity or stream with some force or suddenness; to spirt or spurt.

With adverbs, as off, out.

intransitive. To sputter or splash.

To sputter. rare.