spatter
11spatter — UK [ˈspætə(r)] / US [ˈspætər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms spatter : present tense I/you/we/they spatter he/she/it spatters present participle spattering past tense spattered past participle spattered if you spatter a surface with a… …
12spatter — spat|ter [ˈspætə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch spatten to burst, flow out strongly ] if a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface = ↑splatter spatter sb/sth …
13spatter — spat|ter1 [ spætər ] verb intransitive or transitive if you spatter a surface with a liquid, or if a liquid spatters onto the surface, small drops of the liquid are thrown onto a surface in a violent way: spatter something on/over/across etc.… …
14spatter — I. verb Etymology: akin to Frisian spatterje to spatter, Middle Dutch bespatten to splash Date: 1600 intransitive verb to spurt forth in scattered drops < blood spattering everywhere > transitive verb 1. to splash with or as if with a liquid;… …
15spatter — [[t]spæ̱tə(r)[/t]] spatters, spattering, spattered V ERG If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface. [V prep] He stared at the rain spattering on the glass... [V n… …
16spatter — verb 1 (T) to scatter or throw small amounts of mud, dirt etc all over a surface: spatter sb/sth with: a passing car spattered with mud | spatter sth on/over etc: Grey flicked his brush spattering paint over my shirt. 2 (I) if liquid spatters on… …
17spatter — /ˈspætə / (say spatuh) verb (t) 1. to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: to spatter mud. 2. to splash with something in small particles: to spatter the ground with water. 3. to sprinkle or spot with something that soils or stains. –verb …
18spatter — spatteringly, adv. /spat euhr/, v.t. 1. to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself. 2. to splash with something in small particles: to spatter the ground with water. 3. to sprinkle or… …
19spatter — verb ADVERB ▪ liberally (esp. BrE) PREPOSITION ▪ against ▪ Rain spattered against the window. ▪ on ▪ …
20spatter — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by with) splash (a person etc.) (spattered him with mud). b scatter or splash (liquid, mud, etc.) here and there. 2 intr. (of rain etc.) fall here and there (glass spattered down). 3 tr. slander (a person s honour… …
