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spatter

Pronunciation: /ˈspætɚ/

The English word “spatter” has 11 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
  2. To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
  3. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  4. To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
  5. To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  6. To injure by aspersion; to defame.

noun

  1. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
  2. A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
  3. The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  4. A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  5. A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).

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