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- Dictionaryspatter/ˈspatə/
verb
- 1. cover with drops or spots of something: "passing vehicles spattered his shoes and trousers with mud"
noun
- 1. a spray or splash of something: "she stood clear of the spatter of water that came off the steps"
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SPATTER definition: 1. to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPATTER is to spurt forth in scattered drops. How to use spatter in a sentence.
to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in small drops: Two bikes raced by and spattered mud over our clothes. The bikes spattered them with mud. They could hear raindrops spattering on the roof of the car. More examples.
Spatter definition: to scatter or dash in small particles or drops. See examples of SPATTER used in a sentence.
n. 1. The act or an instance of spattering: a spatter of mud on his pants. 2. A spattering sound: awakened by the spatter of rain on the window. 3. a. A drop or splash of something spattered: spatters of paint on his shoes. b. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise. [ Perhaps of Low German origin .]
If you spatter something, you splash it with tiny drops of a liquid, like the way the artist Jackson Pollock dripped and spattered paint across a large canvas. You can spatter sauce across your stretched-out pizza dough, and you can also listen to rain spatter against the windows during a storm.
to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops. to spatter mud on the car. mud spattered in her face. 2. (transitive) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid) 3. (transitive) to slander or defame. 4. (intransitive) to shower or rain down.
