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spatter

DEFINITIONS OF: spatter

1

v dash a liquid upon or against

Synonyms:
plash, splash, splatter, splosh, swash
Types:
puddle
make a puddle by splashing water
slosh, slosh around, slush, slush around
spill or splash copiously or clumsily
Type of:
disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle
distribute loosely

v spot, splash, or soil

“The baby spattered the bib with food”
Synonyms:
bespatter
Type of:
blob, blot, fleck, spot
make a spot or mark onto

v rain gently

Synonyms:
patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle
Type of:
rain, rain down
precipitate as rain

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

Synonyms:
spattering, splash, splashing, splattering
Type of:
painting
the act of applying paint to a surface

n the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

“he heard a spatter of gunfire”
Synonyms:
spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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