spatter
verb /ˈspætə(r)/
/ˈspætər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spatter | /ˈspætə(r)/ /ˈspætər/ |
| he / she / it spatters | /ˈspætəz/ /ˈspætərz/ |
| past simple spattered | /ˈspætəd/ /ˈspætərd/ |
| past participle spattered | /ˈspætəd/ /ˈspætərd/ |
| -ing form spattering | /ˈspætərɪŋ/ /ˈspætərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to cover somebody/something with drops of liquid, dirt, etc., especially by accident synonym splash
- spatter somebody/something blood-spattered walls
- spatter somebody/something with something As the bus passed, it spattered us with mud.
- spatter something on/over somebody/something Oil was spattered on the floor.
Extra Examples- His clothes were liberally spattered with mud.
- Blood and splinters of bone spattered the floor.
- They went in and saw the blood-spattered walls.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of liquid) to fall on a surface in drops, often noisily
- We heard the rain spattering on the roof.
Extra Examples- The water had spattered all over her face.
- Rain spattered against the window.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘splutter while speaking’): frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten ‘burst, spout’.