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spatter
[ spat-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to scatter or dash in small particles or drops:
The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- to splash with something in small particles:
to spatter the ground with water.
- to sprinkle or spot with something that soils or stains.
verb (used without object)
- to send out small particles or drops, as falling water:
rain spattering on a tin roof.
- to strike a surface in or as in a shower, as bullets.
noun
- the act or the sound of spattering:
the spatter of rain on a roof.
- a splash or spot of something spattered.
spatter
/ ˈspætə /
verb
- to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops
mud spattered in her face
to spatter mud on the car
- tr to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid)
- tr to slander or defame
- intr to shower or rain down
bullets spattered around them
noun
- the sound of something spattering
- something spattered, such as a spot or splash
- the act or an instance of spattering
Other Words From
- spatter·ing·ly adverb
- un·spattered adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of spatter1
Example Sentences
High sides catch the spatter--you can shallow-fry in a few inches of oil in one of these.
Yells of pain mingled with the tumult that drowned the ragged, ineffective spatter of firing from the war-fleet.
And faint across the creek, the road, and the fields lay the pondy smell of spatter-docks.
The rain had begun to spatter the deck beneath them and the cool wind was working its own will with their garments.
Instantly, too, three others spoke, aimed at her flash and she heard the spatter of lead against stone nearby.
With one quick jerk, he raised his rifle, and a vivid spatter of fire followed.
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