spatter
spa ter
- n the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
he heard a spatter of gunfire - n the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- v dash a liquid upon or against
- v rain gently
- v spot, splash, or soil
The baby spattered the bib with food
- We will look at each other through the clear glass of the present, not the mud-spatter of the past.
- Spatter might indicate that it was created by a forceful traumatic event.
- She saw a bomb explode in the wedding procession, spatter blood on the Queen's wedding dress, smash the crown on the royal coach.