spatter
verb (used with object)
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
spattered
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past participleof spatter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spatter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spatterverb (used with object)to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
Example Sentences
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Here soaring horns sit atop dripping, spattered masses, the high polish and sharp points of the parabolic shapes complementing the curvaceous, organically decorated bases below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
On one residential street, two machines about 20 yards apart are spattered with a bright white substance.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
Llera, who has covered crime for more than three decades, smoked a cigarette while he snapped photographs of a taxi spattered with blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
Rain spattered against Mrs. Zuckerman’s kitchen windows and came gushing out of the downspouts.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
