Definitions for spatter
ˈspæt ərspat·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputteringnoun

   the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

   "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

2. spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splatteringverb

   the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

3. spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swashverb

   dash a liquid upon or against

   "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

4. sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patterverb

   rain gently

   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

5. spatter, bespatterverb

   spot, splash, or soil

   "The baby spattered the bib with food"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spatterverb

   To splash with small droplets.

   When my chihuahua shook his wet body, I was spattered with smelly water.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Spatterverb

   Etymology: spat, spit , Saxon.

   1. To sprinkle with dirt, or any thing offensive.

   The pavement swam in blood, the walls around
   Were spatter’d o’er with brains. Addison.

   2. To throw out any thing offensive.

   His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend; his backward voice is to spatter foul speeches, and to detract. William Shakespeare.

   3. To asperse; to defame.

2. To Spatterverb

   To spit; to spatter as at any thing nauseous taken into the mouth.

   They fondly thinking to allay
   Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit
   Chew’d bitter ashes, which th’ offended taste
   With spattering noise rejected. John Milton.

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1. spatter

   Spatter generally refers to the scattered drops or particles of a liquid or semi liquid substance that have been splashed or sprayed on a surface or another substance. It can also refer to the act of splashing or spraying small particles or droplets of a substance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spatterverb

   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. Spatterverb

   to distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood

3. Spatterverb

   fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner

4. Spatterverb

   to throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter

5. Etymology: [From the root of spit salvia.]

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1. • Noise
   • Rain

Anagrams for spatter »

1. patters

2. tapster

How to pronounce spatter?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spatter in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spatter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of spatter in a Sentence

1. Janet Snyder:

   A homeowner on Noni Farms Road who was sitting on a third-floor balcony got hit with lava spatter, it hit him on the shin and shattered everything there down on his leg.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spatter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spatter
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spatter
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spatter