spatter

spat·ter

S0610000 (spăt′ər)v. spat·tered, spat·ter·ing, spat·ters v.tr.1. To scatter (a liquid, for example) in drops or small amounts: spattered the paint on the canvas.2. To spot, splash, or soil with drops or small amounts: The passing car spattered my pants with mud.3. To strike or land on in a dispersed way: Rain spattered the pavement.v.intr.1. To come forth in drops or small amounts: Hot grease spattered in all directions.2. To fall in a shower or make contact in a dispersed way, as rain or bullets.n.1. The act or an instance of spattering: a spatter of mud on his pants.2. A spattering sound: awakened by the spatter of rain on the window.3. a. A drop or splash of something spattered: spatters of paint on his shoes.b. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.

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[Perhaps of Low German origin.]

spatter

(ˈspætə) vb1. 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 defame4. (intr) to shower or rain down: bullets spattered around them. n5. the sound of something spattering6. something spattered, such as a spot or splash7. the act or an instance of spattering[C16: of imitative origin; related to Low German, Dutch spatten to spout, Frisian spatteren to splash]

spat•ter

(ˈspæt ər)

v.t. 1. to scatter or dash in small particles or drops. 2. to splash with something in small particles, esp. so as to soil or stain. v.i. 3. to send out small particles or drops, as falling water. 4. to strike a surface in or as if in a shower, as bullets. n. 5. the act or the sound of spattering. 6. a splash or spot of something spattered. [1575–85; perhaps < Dutch spatt(en) + -er⁶]

spatter

Past participle: spattered
Gerund: spattering

Imperative
spatter
spatter

Present
I spatter
you spatter
he/she/it spatters
we spatter
you spatter
they spatter

Preterite
I spattered
you spattered
he/she/it spattered
we spattered
you spattered
they spattered

Present Continuous
I am spattering
you are spattering
he/she/it is spattering
we are spattering
you are spattering
they are spattering

Present Perfect
I have spattered
you have spattered
he/she/it has spattered
we have spattered
you have spattered
they have spattered

Past Continuous
I was spattering
you were spattering
he/she/it was spattering
we were spattering
you were spattering
they were spattering

Past Perfect
I had spattered
you had spattered
he/she/it had spattered
we had spattered
you had spattered
they had spattered

Future
I will spatter
you will spatter
he/she/it will spatter
we will spatter
you will spatter
they will spatter

Future Perfect
I will have spattered
you will have spattered
he/she/it will have spattered
we will have spattered
you will have spattered
they will have spattered

Future Continuous
I will be spattering
you will be spattering
he/she/it will be spattering
we will be spattering
you will be spattering
they will be spattering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been spattering
you have been spattering
he/she/it has been spattering
we have been spattering
you have been spattering
they have been spattering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been spattering
you will have been spattering
he/she/it will have been spattering
we will have been spattering
you will have been spattering
they will have been spattering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been spattering
you had been spattering
he/she/it had been spattering
we had been spattering
you had been spattering
they had been spattering

Conditional
I would spatter
you would spatter
he/she/it would spatter
we would spatter
you would spatter
they would spatter

Past Conditional
I would have spattered
you would have spattered
he/she/it would have spattered
we would have spattered
you would have spattered
they would have spattered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spatter - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputteringnoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	spatter - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surfacesplashing, splattering, spattering, splashpainting - the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
Verb	1.	spatter - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"plash, splatter, swash, splash, sploshpuddle - make a puddle by splashing waterslosh around, slush around, slush, slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls"disperse, sprinkle, dot, scatter, dust - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
	2.	spatter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinklerain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
	3.	spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"bespatterblob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

spatter

verb splash, spray, sprinkle, soil, dirty, scatter, daub, speckle, splodge, bespatter, bestrew Blood spattered the dark concrete.

spatter

verb1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon:bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, splash, splatter, spray, swash.2. To mark or soil with spots:bespatter, blotch, splatter, splotch, spot.3. To contaminate the reputation of:befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish.Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

Translations

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