SPATTER

spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering

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

spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering

(noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; “he heard a spatter of gunfire”

spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash

(verb) dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby’s face with water”

spatter, bespatter

(verb) spot, splash, or soil; “The baby spattered the bib with food”

sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

(verb) rain gently; “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Verb

spatter (third-person singular simple present spatters, present participle spattering, simple past and past participle spattered)

(transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.

(transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

(transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.

(transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.

(intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).

(obsolete, transitive, figurative) To injure by aspersion; to defame.

Synonyms

• (cover or lie upon by having been scattered): strew

Noun

spatter (plural spatters)

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.

(figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.

(figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

Anagrams

• PERSTAT, Prattes, p'taters, partest, patters, perstat, tapster, trap set, trapset

Source: Wiktionary

---

Spat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Spattering.] Etym: [From the root of spit salvia.]

1. 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. Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke.

2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood. Pope.

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

Spat"ter, v. i.

Definition: To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter. That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish ever after. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins