spatter
🇺🇸
/ˈspætər/
🇬🇧
/ˈspætə(r)/
intransitive verb
R
to accidentally splash small drops of liquid or bits of dirt on someone or something
My jacket got spattered with mud while I was biking.
R
to drop onto a surface in small, scattered amounts, often making a noise
Rain started to spatter against the windows.
noun
R
small drops of a liquid or bits of something that have hit a surface
There was a spatter of paint on the floor.
translation
to accidentally splash small drops of liquid or bits of dirt on someone or something; to drop onto a surface in small, scattered amounts, often making a noise
small drops of a liquid or bits of something that have hit a surface
Word Forms
3rd Present
spatters
Progressive
spattering
Past
spattered
Perfect
spattered
Plural
spatters