splatter
verb /ˈsplætə(r)/
/ˈsplætər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they splatter | /ˈsplætə(r)/ /ˈsplætər/ |
| he / she / it splatters | /ˈsplætəz/ /ˈsplætərz/ |
| past simple splattered | /ˈsplætəd/ /ˈsplætərd/ |
| past participle splattered | /ˈsplætəd/ /ˈsplætərd/ |
| -ing form splattering | /ˈsplætərɪŋ/ /ˈsplætərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of large drops of liquid) to fall or hit something noisily
- Heavy rain splattered on the roof.
- [transitive, intransitive] to drop or throw water, paint, mud, etc. on somebody/something; to make somebody/something wet or dirty by landing on them in large drops
- splatter somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) The walls were splattered with blood.
- + adv./prep. Coffee had splattered across the front of his shirt.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: imitative.