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Rarespatter
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.A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- 2.A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
- 3.The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- 4.A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- 5.A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
verb
- 1.To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- 2.To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- 3.To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- 4.To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- 5.To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
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