spatter

spat·ter

 (spăt′ər)

v. spat·tered, spat·ter·ing, spat·ters

v.tr.

1. To scatter (a liquid, for example) in drops or small amounts: spattered the paint on the canvas.

2. To spot, splash, or soil with drops or small amounts: The passing car spattered my pants with mud.

3. To strike or land on in a dispersed way: Rain spattered the pavement.

v.intr.

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

2. To fall in a shower or make contact in a dispersed way, as rain or bullets.

n.

1. The act or an instance of spattering: a spatter of mud on his pants.

2. A spattering sound: awakened by the spatter of rain on the window.

3.

a. A drop or splash of something spattered: spatters of paint on his shoes.

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

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[Perhaps of Low German origin.]

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spatter

(ˈspætə)

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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spat•ter

(ˈspæt ər)

v.t.

1. to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.

2. to splash with something in small particles, esp. so as to soil or stain.

v.i.

3. to send out small particles or drops, as falling water.

4. to strike a surface in or as if in a shower, as bullets.

n.

5. the act or the sound of spattering.

6. a splash or spot of something spattered.

[1575–85; perhaps < Dutch spatt(en) + -er⁶]

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spatter

Past participle: spattered
Gerund: spattering

Imperative

spatter

spatter

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spatter - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	spatter - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface splashing, splattering, spattering, splash painting - the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
Verb	1.	spatter - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" plash, splatter, swash, splash, splosh puddle - make a puddle by splashing water slosh around, slush around, slush, slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls" disperse, sprinkle, dot, scatter, dust - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
	2.	spatter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
	3.	spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" bespatter blob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

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spatter

verb splash, spray, sprinkle, soil, dirty, scatter, daub, speckle, splodge, bespatter, bestrew Blood spattered the dark concrete.

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spatter

verb

1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon:

bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, splash, splatter, spray, swash.

2. To mark or soil with spots:

bespatter, blotch, splatter, splotch, spot.

3. To contaminate the reputation of:

befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish.

Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

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Translations

spruzzare

spatter

[ˈspætəʳ] VT → salpicar (with de) a dress spattered with mud → un vestido salpicado de lodo
a wall spattered with blood → una pared salpicada de sangre

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spatter

[ˈspætə^r]

n → éclaboussure f, éclaboussures fpl

vt
to splatter mud on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de boue sur qch
to splatter blood on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de sang sur qch
to splatter sth over sth → projeter des éclaboussures de qch sur qch
He picked up his spoon so hurriedly that it spattered milk over his shirt → Il prit sa cuillère avec tant de précipitation qu'elle projeta des éclaboussures de lait sur sa chemise.

vi → gicler

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spatter

vt → bespritzen; to spatter water over somebody, to spatter somebody with water → jdn nass spritzen; a wall spattered with blood → eine blutbespritzte Wand

vi to spatter over something → etw vollspritzen; it spattered all over the room → es verspritzte im ganzen Zimmer; the rain spattered (down) on the roof → der Regen klatschte aufs Dach

n (= mark) → Spritzer pl; (= sound: of rain) → Klatschen nt; a spatter of rain → ein paar Tropfen Regen; a spatter of applause → kurzer Beifall

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spatter

[ˈspætəʳ] vt to spatter (with) → schizzare (di)
spattered with mud → inzaccherato/a

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