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spat⋅ter

  [spat-er]
Use spattering in a Sentence
–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.
–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; perh. < D spatt(en) to splash + -er 6 ; cf. D spatterig lit., spattery

Related forms:
spat⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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spat·ter   (spāt'ər)   
v.   spat·tered, spat·ter·ing, spat·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To scatter (a liquid) in drops or small splashes.

  2. To spot, splash, or soil.

  3. To sully the reputation of; defame.

v.   intr.

  1. To come forth in drops or small splashes: Hot grease spattered in all directions.

  2. To fall in or as if in a shower, as rain or bullets.

n.  

    1. The act of spattering.

    2. The condition of being spattered.

    3. A drop or splash of something spattered.

    4. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.

  2. A spattering sound.

    1. A drop or splash of something spattered.

    2. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.


[Perhaps of Low German origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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