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SPLATTER
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering
(noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; “he heard a spatter of gunfire”
dab, splash, splatter
(noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid; “a dab of paint”; “a splatter of mud”; “just a splash of whiskey”
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
(verb) dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby’s face with water”
spill, slop, splatter
(verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; “spill the milk”; “splatter water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
(uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.
Verb
splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)
(intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
(transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.
(transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
Anagrams
• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle
Source: Wiktionary
Splat"ter, v. i. & t.
Definition: To spatter; to splash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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