spattered; spattering; spatters
: to spurt forth in scattered drops
blood spattering everywhere
1
: to splash with or as if with a liquid
also
: to soil in this way
his coat was spattered with mud
2
: to scatter by or as if by splashing
spatter water
3
: to cover with or as if with splashes or spots
4
: to cast aspersions on : defame
spattered my reputation
1
a
: the act or process of spattering : the state of being spattered
b
: the noise of spattering
2
a
: a drop or splash spattered on something or a spot or stain due to spattering
b
: a small amount or number : sprinkle
a spatter of applause
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Examples of spatter in a Sentence
Verb
The dog jumped in the pool and spattered us with water.
His clothes were spattered with paint.
When you cook bacon, the grease spatters everywhere.
He showed me how to use the paintbrush so the paint wouldn't spatter.
Noun
There were grease spatters all over the wall.
The floor was covered with spatters of paint.
There was a lot of paint spatter on the floor.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Blood spattered the white steps of the speaker’s podium.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Investigators allegedly later found a chainsaw with human remains on it, as well as blood spatter and cleaning supplies in the basement, per the charging documents, WUSA9 reported.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Notebooks, clothes and tins of food lay scattered on the ground, spattered with what appeared to be blood.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Blood spattered the white steps of the speaker’s podium.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
Noun
Lots of options are less conspicuous than the one that involves a broken windshield speckled with blood spatter.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Investigators allegedly later found a chainsaw with human remains on it, as well as blood spatter and cleaning supplies in the basement, per the charging documents, WUSA9 reported.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Spatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spatter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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spatter
1 of 2 verb
spat·ter
ˈspat-ər 
1
: to splash with drops or small bits of something wet
spatter the paper with paint
2
: to scatter by splashing
spattered mud all over my coat
spatter
2 of 2 noun1
: the act or sound of spattering
2
: a drop or splash spattered on something : a spot or stain due to spattering
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