spatter
verb (used with object)
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
spatters
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present tense formof spatter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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 wipes the spatters away absentmindedly before scattering a teaspoon of salt into the chickpeas.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
