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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spat•ter /ˈspætɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to send out small particles or drops:[no object]The bacon grease spattered on the kitchen wall.
- to splash with something in small particles, esp. so as to soil or stain:[~ + object]The mud from the puddles spattered us.
- to strike (a surface) in or as if in a shower, such as rain or bullets: [no object]The bullets spattered against the wall.[~ + object]The bullets spattered the wall.
n. [countable] - the act or the sound of spattering.
- a splash or spot of something spattered:spatters of paint.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spat•ter (spat′ər),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to send out small particles or drops, as falling water:rain spattering on a tin roof.
- to strike a surface in or as in a shower, as bullets.
n. - the act or the sound of spattering:the spatter of rain on a roof.
- a splash or spot of something spattered.
- Dutch spatt(en) to splash + -er6; compare Dutch spatterig literally, spattery
- perh. 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spatter /ˈspætə/ vb - 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
- (transitive) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid)
- (transitive) to slander or defame
- (intransitive) to shower or rain down: bullets spattered around them
n - the sound of something spattering
- something spattered, such as a spot or splash
- the act or an instance of spattering
Etymology: 16th Century: of imitative origin; related to Low German, Dutch spatten to spout, Frisian spatteren to splash |