[
US
/ˈspætɝ/
]
[ UK /spˈætɐ/ ]
[ UK /spˈætɐ/ ]
NOUN
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the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
he heard a spatter of gunfire - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
VERB
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rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick -
spot, splash, or soil
The baby spattered the bib with food -
dash a liquid upon or against
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
How To Use spatter In A Sentence
- Spittle and blood spattered his lips, dripping in my mouth. Brush of Darkness
- Prosecutors say he is tied to the crime by witnesses, blood spatters, ballistics and DNA analysis.
- Some makers still bolster these paints with components like formaldehyde, crystalline silica, acetone and ammonia to help preserve the paint or give it other properties, such as spatter-resistance. Painting Without That Smell
- In that context, I found phrases like these kind of disconcerting and hard to read: the passions of his bewildered heart … a maelstrom of melancholicaly erupted emotion … causing a bit of the guilt to spatter through his brow … that would never permit his repression, never allow for nothing short of predetermined apocalyptic salvation. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum
- Dark drops spattered on the ground and she stilled.
- She watched as it spattered on the ground far below.
- Walker, standing at the foot of the shaft waiting for the answering signal from above, heard the noise and the rush of Mag's body as it bumped from side to side in its mad descent, and starting back, he was just in time to get clear as the mangled mass of rags and blood and pulpy flesh fell with a loud splashy thud at the bottom, the blood spattering and "jauping" him and the bottomer, and blinding their eyes as it flew all over them. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
- Even when, later still, the general's eager hand, stretching forth for the dusky flagon (it was sacrilege to sweep away those insignia of age and respectability), managed to capsize the candelabrum and sent the fluid "adamantine" spattering a treasured table-cloth (how quick the dash of the young trooper's hand upon the flame -- and its extinction!), a gentle smile was the sole rebuke, followed by a "Thank you, Mr. Harris. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War
- It occupies the entire 6-foot-high composition, with ink spatters, sgraffito and handprints enlivening the surface.
- Rytlock spat a gobbet of blood, which spattered the ground. GuildWars Edge of Destiny