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

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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

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Splat"ter, v. i. & t.

Definition: To spatter; to splash.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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