spatter

Verb

1. (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
3. (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
5. (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
6. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) 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. (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
5. (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspætɚ/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

splash

sprinkle

splatter

spray

bespatter

splutter

splattering

splosh

sputter

drizzle

plash

scatter

spattering

spot

splashing

sputtering

spurt

stain

dapple

shatter

patter

stipple

swash

spit

pitter-patter

fly around

shake

🫨

shower

🚿

slander

asperse

slosh

smash

smatter

sparge

spattered

spill

spraying

squirt

stud

break in pieces

break into pieces

fly off

pour forth

resperse

sherardizing

splash out

splash around

jet plating

metallizing

clading

Translations

gicler

éclabousser

salpicar

bespritzen

rociar

serpmek

πιτσιλίζω

spritzen

salpicadura

asperger

besprenkelen

jaillir

éclaboussure

bespatten

borrifar