spatter
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.
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.
the act or the sound of spattering: the spatter of rain on a roof.
a splash or spot of something spattered.
Origin of spatter
1Other words from spatter
- spat·ter·ing·ly, adverb
- un·spat·tered, adjective
Words Nearby spatter
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How to use spatter in a sentence
Blood spatter was reportedly found on the bed, and a Playboy magazine alongside it.
Mom Recalls Horror of Unknowingly Sleeping Beside Murdered 6-Year-Old Daughter | Allison Quinn | June 11, 2021 | The Daily BeastHis pictures are uncrowded, with some details suggested by the simplest of gestures, such as quick spatters that represent flowers.
In the galleries: Artists sport their chops with prints on the cutting edge | Mark Jenkins | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostHigh 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.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandAnd faint across the creek, the road, and the fields lay the pondy smell of spatter-docks.
Roof and Meadow | Dallas Lore Sharp
The rain had begun to spatter the deck beneath them and the cool wind was working its own will with their garments.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyInstantly, too, three others spoke, aimed at her flash and she heard the spatter of lead against stone nearby.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville BuckWith one quick jerk, he raised his rifle, and a vivid spatter of fire followed.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier | Fremont B. Deering
British Dictionary definitions for spatter
/ (ˈspætə) /
to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops: to spatter mud on the car; mud spattered in her face
(tr) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid)
(tr) to slander or defame
(intr) to shower or rain down: bullets spattered around them
the sound of something spattering
something spattered, such as a spot or splash
the act or an instance of spattering
Origin of spatter
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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