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   spat·ter

   /ˈspadər/

   verb

   • 1. cover with drops or spots of something: "passing vehicles spattered his shoes and pants with mud"
   • ▪ scatter or splash (liquid, mud, etc.) over a surface: "he spatters grease all over the stove"
   • ▪ fall so as to be scattered over an area: "she watched the raindrops spatter down"

   noun

   • 1. a spray or splash of something: "she stood clear of the spatter of water that came off the steps"
   • ▪ a sprinkling: "there was a spatter of freckles over her nose"
   • ▪ a short outburst of sound: "the sharp spatter of shots"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘splutter while speaking’): frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten ‘burst, spout’.

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   noun. 1. a. : the act or process of spattering : the state of being spattered. b. : the noise of spattering. 2. a. : a drop or splash spattered on something or a spot or stain due to spattering.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPATTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SPATTER definition: 1. to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in…. Learn more.

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   verb (used with object) to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself. to splash with something in small particles: to spatter the ground with water. to sprinkle or spot with something that soils or stains.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPATTER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   SPATTER meaning: 1. to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in…. Learn more.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › spatterSpatter - definition of spatter by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops: to spatter mud on the car; mud spattered in her face. 2. (tr) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid) 3. (tr) to slander or defame.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › spatterSpatter - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If you spatter something, you splash it with tiny drops of a liquid, like the way the artist Jackson Pollock dripped and spattered paint across a large canvas. You can spatter sauce across your stretched-out pizza dough, and you can also listen to rain spatter against the windows during a storm.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › spatter_2spatter noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   spatter (of something) a number of drops of a liquid or small amounts of something that hit a surface; the noise this makes. a spatter of rain against the window. a spattering of blood. (figurative) a spatter of applause.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPATTER | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   SPATTER meaning: to cover someone or something with small drops of liquid without intending to: . Learn more.

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    Definition of spatter verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSPATTER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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    Definition of 'spatter' spatter. (spætəʳ ) Word forms: spatters , spattering , spattered. verb. If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface. He stared at the rain spattering on the glass. [VERB preposition]