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spat·ter
(spăt′ər)v. spat·tered, spat·ter·ing, spat·ters
v.tr.
1. To scatter (a liquid, for example) in drops or small amounts: spattered the paint on the canvas.
2. To spot, splash, or soil with drops or small amounts: The passing car spattered my pants with mud.
3. To strike or land on in a dispersed way: Rain spattered the pavement.
v.intr.
1. To come forth in drops or small amounts: Hot grease spattered in all directions.
2. To fall in a shower or make contact in a dispersed way, as rain or bullets.
n.
1. The act or an instance of spattering: a spatter of mud on his pants.
2. A spattering sound: awakened by the spatter of rain on the window.
3.
a. A drop or splash of something spattered: spatters of paint on his shoes.
b. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.
[Perhaps of Low German origin.]
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spatter
(ˈspætə)vb
1. to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops: to spatter mud on the car; mud spattered in her face.
2. (tr) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid)
3. (tr) to slander or defame
4. (intr) to shower or rain down: bullets spattered around them.
n
5. the sound of something spattering
6. something spattered, such as a spot or splash
7. the act or an instance of spattering
[C16: of imitative origin; related to Low German, Dutch spatten to spout, Frisian spatteren to splash]
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spat•ter
(ˈspæt ər)v.t.
1. to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
2. to splash with something in small particles, esp. so as to soil or stain.
v.i. 3. to send out small particles or drops, as falling water.
4. to strike a surface in or as if in a shower, as bullets.
n. 5. the act or the sound of spattering.
6. a splash or spot of something spattered.
[1575–85; perhaps < Dutch spatt(en) + -er6]
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spatter
Past participle: spattered
Gerund: spattering
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| Noun | 1. |  spatter - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| 2. |  spatter - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surfacepainting - the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush" | |
| Verb | 1. | spatter - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" puddle - make a puddle by splashing water slosh around, slush around, slush, slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls" |
| 2. | spatter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" | |
| 3. |  spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" |
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spatter
verb splash, spray, sprinkle, soil, dirty, scatter, daub, speckle, splodge, bespatter, bestrew Blood spattered the dark concrete.
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Translations
spatter
[ˈspætəʳ] VT → salpicar (with de) a dress spattered with mud → un vestido salpicado de lodoa wall spattered with blood → una pared salpicada de sangre
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spatter
[ˈspætər] n → éclaboussure f, éclaboussures fpl
vt
to splatter mud on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de boue sur qch
to splatter blood on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de sang sur qch
to splatter sth over sth → projeter des éclaboussures de qch sur qch
He picked up his spoon so hurriedly that it spattered milk over his shirt → Il prit sa cuillère avec tant de précipitation qu'elle projeta des éclaboussures de lait sur sa chemise.
to splatter mud on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de boue sur qch
to splatter blood on sth → projeter des éclaboussures de sang sur qch
to splatter sth over sth → projeter des éclaboussures de qch sur qch
He picked up his spoon so hurriedly that it spattered milk over his shirt → Il prit sa cuillère avec tant de précipitation qu'elle projeta des éclaboussures de lait sur sa chemise.
vi → gicler
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spatter
vt → bespritzen; to spatter water over somebody, to spatter somebody with water → jdn nass spritzen; a wall spattered with blood → eine blutbespritzte Wand
vi to spatter over something → etw vollspritzen; it spattered all over the room → es verspritzte im ganzen Zimmer; the rain spattered (down) on the roof → der Regen klatschte aufs Dach
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