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spatter.

To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈspætɚ/General-American

  1. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.

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

  2. To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

    figuratively · transitive

  3. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.

    transitive
    to spatter blood

  4. To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.

    figuratively · transitive

  5. To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).

    intransitive
    Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter.

  6. To injure by aspersion; to defame.

    figuratively · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).

noun/ˈspætɚ/General-American

  1. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.

  2. A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.

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

  3. The sound of droplets hitting a surface.

  4. A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.

    figuratively

  5. A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).

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