spatter

Plural: spatters

Noun

• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  • "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
• A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
• A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
• The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
• A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
• A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

Verb

• dash a liquid upon or against
• rain gently
• spot, splash, or soil
  • "The baby spattered the bib with food"
• To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
• To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
• To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
• To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
• To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
• To injure by aspersion; to defame.

Examples

• "Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter."
• "There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall."
• "to spatter blood"
• "When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water."

Synonyms

bespatter, patter, pitter-patter, plash, spattering, spit, splash, splashing, splatter, splattering, splosh, splutter, sprinkle, spurt, sputter, sputtering, strew, swash

Related Words

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