spatter
Use Spatter in a sentence
ər verb (used with object)
1.
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
2.
to splash with something in small particles: to spatter the ground with water.
3.
to sprinkle or spot with something that soils or stains.
verb (used without object)
4.
to send out small particles or drops, as falling water: rain spattering on a tin roof.
5.
to strike a surface in or as in a shower, as bullets.
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noun
6.
the act or the sound of spattering: the spatter of rain on a roof.
7.
a splash or spot of something spattered.
Origin:
1575–85; perhaps < Dutch spatt(en) to splash + -er6; compare Dutch spatterig literally, spattery
1575–85; perhaps < Dutch spatt(en) to splash + -er6; compare Dutch spatterig literally, spattery
Related forms
spat·ter·ing·ly, adverb
un·spat·tered, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | (tr) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid) |
| 3. | (tr) to slander or defame |
| 4. | (intr) to shower or rain down: bullets spattered around them |
| —n | |
| 5. | the sound of something spattering |
| 6. | something spattered, such as a spot or splash |
| 7. | the act or an instance of spattering |
| [C16: of imitative origin; related to Low German, Dutch spatten to spout, Frisian spatteren to splash] | |
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Word Origin & History
spatter
1576 (implied in spattering), possibly a frequentative verb from the stem of Du. or Low Ger. spatten "to spout, burst," of imitative origin.
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Example sentences
Gradually, eruptive activity condensed to a few spatter ramparts at the center of this fissure system.
The field is dominated by small shield volcanoes surmounted by cinder and spatter cones.
Lecture on blood spatter and investigative techniques.
Note prominent spatter ramparts on right, and subdued rampart on left, built by the ejection of lava along the fissure.
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