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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spatter \Spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Spattering.] [From the root of spit salvia.]
     1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as
        water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by
        sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor;
        to spatter boots with mud.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with
              the blood of his people.              --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to
        spatter blood. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to
        throw out in a defamatory manner.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spatter \Spat"ter\, v. i.
     To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner;
     to sputter.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which,
           . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at
           it, and abhors the relish ever after.    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spatter \Spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Spattering.] [From the root of spit salvia.]
     1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as
        water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by
        sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor;
        to spatter boots with mud.
  
              Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with
              the blood of his people.              --Burke.
  
     2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to
        spatter blood. --Pope.
  
     3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to
        throw out in a defamatory manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spatter \Spat"ter\, v. i.
     To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner;
     to sputter.
  
           That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which,
           . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at
           it, and abhors the relish ever after.    --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spatter
       n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;
            "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spattering, splatter,
             splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering]
       2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
           spattering, splash, splashing, splattering]
       v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
            baby's face with water" [syn: splatter, plash, splash,
             splosh, swash]
       2: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
          slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, patter, pitter-patter]
       3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with
          food" [syn: bespatter]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spatter
     n.
     A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small
  droplets.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something)
  by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spatter
     n.
     A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small
  droplets.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something)
  by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spatter
     n.
     A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small
  droplets.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something)
  by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spatter
     n.
     A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small
  droplets.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something)
  by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spatter /spˈatə/
  الرشّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  spatter //ˈspætɚ// 
  1. пръски
  a spray or shower of droplets
  2. барабанене
  the sound of droplets hitting a surface

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  spatter //ˈspætɚ// 
  1. пръскам
  to distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around
  2. очерням, позоря
  to injure by aspersion, defame
  3. изпръсквам
  to splash with small droplets