Spatter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To scatter (a liquid) in drops or small splashes.
  • v. To spot, splash, or soil.
  • v. To sully the reputation of; defame.
  • verb-intransitive. To come forth in drops or small splashes: Hot grease spattered in all directions.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall in or as if in a shower, as rain or bullets.
  • n. The act of spattering.
  • n. The condition of being spattered.
  • n. A spattering sound.
  • n. A drop or splash of something spattered.
  • n. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To splash with small droplets.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • v. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  • v. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To scatter or throw about carelessly, as some fluid or semi-fluid substance; dash or splash so as to fall in spreading drops or small quantities: as, to spatter water or mud over a person; to spatter oaths or calumnies.
  • To dash or splash upon; bespatter, literally or figuratively: as, to spatter a person with water, mud, or slander.
  • To sputter; act or talk in a sputtering manner.
  • To undergo or cause scattering or splashing in drops or small quantities.
  • n. The act of spattering, or the state of being spattered; a spattering or splashing effect.
  • n. A quick succession of not very loud sounds, such as is produced by the spattering of some substance.
  • n. That which is spattered; a small splash, as of something thrown or falling in drops: as, a spatter of milk, ink, or mud on one's clothes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. spot, splash, or soil
  • n. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
  • n. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  • v. dash a liquid upon or against
  • v. rain gently
  • Verb Form
    spattered    spattering    spatters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blob    blot    fleck    spot    painting    noise    rain down    rain   
    Cross Reference
    scatter    sprinkle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    defame    soil    sputter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Attar    Hatter    Tatar    antimatter    attar    batter    blatter    chatter    clatter    fatter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spattering    splatter    pattering    patter    volleying    faceful    smattering    flurry    spate    spurt