1. (v.t.)spatter to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
2. spatter to splash with something in small particles, esp. so as to soil or stain.
3. (v.i.)spatter to send out small particles or drops, as falling water.
4. spatter to strike a surface in or as if in a shower, as bullets.
5. (n.)spatter the act or the sound of spattering.
6. spatter a splash or spot of something spattered.
Etymology: (1575–85; perh. < D spatt(en)+ -er6)
Definition of 'spatter'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
2. (verb)spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
3. (verb)spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash dash a liquid upon or against "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
4. (verb)sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter rain gently "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
5. (verb)spatter, bespatter spot, splash, or soil "The baby spattered the bib with food"
Definition of 'spatter'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)spatter to sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud
2. (verb)spatter to distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood
3. (verb)spatter fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner
4. (verb)spatter to throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter
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