spatter

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Synonyms: sputter, patter, splatter, shatter, smatter, scatter, swatter, spotter, slatter, spitter, spatted

Antonyms: sputter, patter, splatter, shatter, smatter, scatter, swatter, spotter, slatter, spitter, spatted

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[splash]] (someone or something) with small [[droplet]]s.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To send out or [[disperse]] (something) as if in droplets.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To send out small droplets; to [[splash]] in small droplets (''on'' or ''against'' something).
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive|figurative}} To injure by [[aspersion]]; to [[defame]].

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. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[burst]] or [[series]] of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A collection of objects [[scatter]]ed like droplets splashed onto a surface.

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