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spatter

The correct spelling is spatter.

How to pronounce spatter

noun

IPA: /ˈspætɚ/

Say it like: Spa-tte-r

The correct spelling is spatter. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. For example: "There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall."

Usage Examples

There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.

When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.

to spatter blood

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
  2. 2.A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
  3. 3.The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  4. 4.A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
  5. 5.A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

verb

  1. 1.To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
  2. 2.To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
  3. 3.To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  4. 4.To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
  5. 5.To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).

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