spatter

/หˆspรฆtษš/

IPA: /S P AE1 T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.

  2. 2

    A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.

    โ€œThere was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.โ€

  3. 3

    The sound of droplets hitting a surface.

  4. 4

    A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.

  5. 5

    A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

verb
  1. 1

    To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.

    โ€œWhen my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.โ€

  2. 2

    To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

  3. 3

    To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.

    โ€œto spatter bloodโ€

  4. 4

    To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.

  5. 5

    To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).

    โ€œMake sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesnโ€™t spatter.โ€

  6. 6

    To injure by aspersion; to defame.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spatter