English Explanatory Dictionary

spatter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
  2. To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
  3. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  4. To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
  5. To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  6. To injure by aspersion; to defame.
noun
  1. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
  2. A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
  3. The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  4. A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  5. A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

Pronunciation

/ˈspætɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spatter.wav

Word forms

spatter spatters spattering spattered

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).

Synonyms

spurt strew asperge asperse besprinkle sprinkle denigrate muddy assassinate backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmirch besmear bewray blacken blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniate calumny chat shit chat shite cloud defame demonize deprave depreciate detract dirty discredit disgrace disparage disrepute diss drag through the mud forgab forspeak foul infamize lampoon libel malign monsterize reproach revile scandal shit-talk slag slander smear smirch spatter spot speak ill of stab stain

Related words

splatter

Derived words

antispatter backspatter bespatter overspatter spatter cone spatterdash spatterdock spatter glass spatteringly spatterproof spatterware spatterwork spattery unspattered
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