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splatter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun splatter has 2 senses
- splatter(n = noun.event) spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" is a kind of noise
- splatter(n = noun.quantity) dab, splash - a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Derived form verb splat1
Derived form verb splatter2
Verb splatter has 2 senses
- splatter(v = verb.contact) slop, spill - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" is one way to displace, move
- splatter(v = verb.contact) plash, spatter, splash, splosh, swash - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" is one way to disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle
Sample sentence:
They splatter the bread with melted butter
Derived forms noun splatter2, noun splattering2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
splatter, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 splash esp. with a continuous noisy action.
2 US spatter.
--n. a noisy splashing sound.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 splash esp. with a continuous noisy action.
2 US spatter.
--n. a noisy splashing sound.
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
splatter
Scotch mist, asperge, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bread, crumb, dab, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, daub, dew, dot, douche, douse, dredge, drizzle, drum, dust, evening mist, eyesore, fall, fleck, flick, flour, flurry, flutter, flyspeck, foam, freckle, froth, go pitapat, gout of rain, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, mark, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, paddle, palpitate, patch, patter, pepper, pitter-patter, plash, pound, powder, precipitation, pulsate, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, roll, ruffle, sheet of rain, shower, slobber, slop, slosh, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, sound a tattoo, sparge, spatter, speck, speckle, spindrift, splash, splosh, splotch, splurge, splutter, sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, sputter, stain, stigma, stud, swash, syringe, taint, tarnish, throb, thrum, thump, unfrozen hydrometeor, water, wet, wet down
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