Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

spatters

  • present tense form of spatter (3rd person singular).

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But the big challenge is that metal parts created with additive manufacturing have defects -- like pores, or "voids," rough surfaces and large spatters -- that significantly compromise the finished part's reliability and durability.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

It's hard to look fashionable in a Christmas jumper covered in mince pie crumbs and spatters of mulled wine, so we're not here to make anybody feel bad this festive season.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

The forensic minutiae are duly intriguing: Blood spatters are closely analyzed, timetables meticulously reconstructed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Bloodstain-pattern analysis is a forensic discipline whose practitioners regard the drops, spatters and trails of blood at a crime scene as clues that can sometimes be used to reconstruct and even reverse-engineer the crime itself.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023

She sees spiders in high corners and even fleas jumping up in the air—pah! pah! pah!—like little spatters of hot oil.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan