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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2 July 2024

CIRCULATE

(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; “Blood circulates in my veins”; “The air here does not circulate”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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