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spatter

/ˈspætɚ/ · noun

Meaning

  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.
  6. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
  7. To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
  8. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  9. To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
  10. To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  11. To injure by aspersion; to defame.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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