spatter

Definition of spatter in English English dictionary: To splash with small droplets
When my chihuahua shook his wet body, I was spattered with smelly water.; {v} to bespatter, sprinkle, dash, spit, slander; the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"; the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food; To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter; If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface. He stared at the rain spattering on the glass Gently turn the fish, being careful not to spatter any hot butter on yourself Blood spattered the dark concrete = splatter. if a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface = splatter spatter sb/sth with sth (Perhaps from spatten ); the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; In welding, droplets of matter deposited as contaminants; The metal particles blown away from the welding arc These particles do not become part of the completed weld; Small particles or drips of paint that occur during the application of paint; To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood; the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; {i} splashing or scattering of small drops, spraying; spot of something spattered; Droplets of paint that spin or mist off the roller as paint is being applied; To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner; To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud; dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"; Fig; {f} splash or scatter in small drops, sprinkle, spot, spray; send out small drops; Molten material that was ejected from a vent or turbulent flow and which stuck together on landing to form a knobby rock in which the individual lumps are still just recognisable; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food
spatter dock: {i} yellow water lily
mud spatter: {i} mud splash
spattered: spattered or spotted with dirt or filth; often used in combination; "dingy bespattered walls"; "a grease-spattered floor"; "a besplashed coach"; "mud-splashed trouser legs"
spattered: past of spatter
spattered: covered patchily; often used in combination; "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"
spattered: {s} stained or speckled with small drops, splashed
spattering: present participle of spatter
spattering: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
spattering: Droplets of paint that spin or mist off the roller as paint is being applied
spattering: Painting effect created by flicking a brush with wet paint
spattering: A decorative painting technique produced by tapping or flicking a paintbrush heavily loaded with paint onto a plain surface
spattering: A decorative paint technique produced by tapping or flicking a paintbrush loaded with paint onto a plain background
spattering: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
spattering: spraying droplets of diluted emulsion on to a painted surface by flicking the bristles of the brush, which creates a speckled granite-style finish, more modern-looking that most paint effects
spatters: third-person singular of spatter