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BNC: 21433 COCA: 18656

spatter

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 spatter /ˈspætɚ/ verb
spatters; spattered; spattering
1 spatter
/ˈspætɚ/
verb
spatters; spattered; spattering
Learner's definition of SPATTER
: to cause drops of a liquid to be thrown forcefully in different directions溅;洒
[+ object]
[no object]
2 spatter /ˈspætɚ/ noun
plural spatters
2 spatter
/ˈspætɚ/
noun
plural spatters
Learner's definition of SPATTER
: a mark made when something wet hits a surface泼溅的污迹
[count]
[noncount]
BNC: 21433 COCA: 18656

spatter

1 of 2

verb

spat·​ter ˈspa-tər How to pronounce spatter (audio)
spattered; spattering; spatters

intransitive verb

: to spurt forth in scattered drops
blood spattering everywhere

transitive verb

1
: to splash with or as if with a liquid
also : to soil in this way
his coat was spattered with mud
2
: to scatter by or as if by splashing
spatter water
3
: to cover with or as if with splashes or spots
4
: to cast aspersions on : defame
spattered my reputation

spatter

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: the act or process of spattering : the state of being spattered
b
: the noise of spattering
2
a
: a drop or splash spattered on something or a spot or stain due to spattering
b
: a small amount or number : sprinkle
a spatter of applause

Example Sentences

Verb The dog jumped in the pool and spattered us with water. His clothes were spattered with paint. When you cook bacon, the grease spatters everywhere. He showed me how to use the paintbrush so the paint wouldn't spatter. Noun There were grease spatters all over the wall. The floor was covered with spatters of paint. There was a lot of paint spatter on the floor. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Beginning overnight Saturday, meteorologists predict rain will spatter San Francisco, lash the Sierra and soak much of the Central Valley, accumulating up to one and a quarter inches over three days, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2022 There was only one indoor rink in town, and it was reserved for birthday parties and other civil occasions, for people less likely to spatter blood on the ice. Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Dip a pastry brush or similar tool into the food coloring, then spatter onto the macaron shells to give them a bloody effect. Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 Add garlic and thyme sprigs to skillet at 12 o’clock position (butter will spatter). ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020 There’s a classic scene where her boardinghouse girlfriends, in preparation for the big night, teach her to slurp spaghetti without spattering the sauce. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020 Paint was also spattered on the central government’s emblem at the front entrance. The Economist, 20 July 2019 Frank Spencer's blood spattered against this frame and this door. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2019 Taking care to avoid being spattered if the caramel bubbles over, add ¼ cup of water to stop the cooking. CBS News, 15 Feb. 2020
Noun
The blood spatter found could place Murdaugh in close contact with at least one of the victims when they were killed, the source said. Randi Kaye, CNN, 14 July 2022 The garage had plastic sheets covering all the windows, a table with blood spatter, and cleaning supplies laid out. CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022 Julie Ann Bonds died from a brutal attack that left deep cuts to her skull and a spatter of puncture wounds all over the left side of her chest. CBS News, 14 Mar. 2022 Often the spatter of drops did no more than leave dark spots on pavement. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 May 2022 Duane Deaver, who gave damning testimony regarding the blood spatter patterns at the crime scene, was found to have misled both the judge and the jury in Peterson's case. Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 June 2022 Another important element of Michael's case focused on blood spatter found at the scene. Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022 Exploring the numerous phenomena is made easy thanks to a 7-mile, drivable loop that meanders through mind-bending cone, spatter, and hoodoo formations, some of which solidified in mid-flight as far back as 15,000 years ago. Sunset Magazine, 16 May 2022 But according to investigators, her head injuries and blood spatter are inconsistent with a fall, and the author is charged with her murder. Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

akin to Frisian spatterje to spatter, Middle Dutch bespatten to splash

First Known Use

Verb

1600, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of spatter was in 1600
BNC: 21433 COCA: 18656
spatter

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBliberally (especially BrE) 大量地濺灑PREPOSITIONagainst濺到⋯上Rain spattered against the window.雨點打在窗子上。on濺在⋯上Blood was spattered on the walls and doors.鮮血濺在了牆上和門上。over濺在⋯上The water had spattered all over her face.她臉上濺得都是水。with濺了⋯His clothes were spattered with mud.他的衣服上濺滿了泥巴。

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