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spatter

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1. spatter - Noun

2. spatter - Verb

Meaning

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.

To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood.

Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.

To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The baby spattered the bib with food Source: Internet

It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick Source: Internet

The mother splashed the baby's face with water Source: Internet

he heard a spatter of gunfire Source: Internet

It tends to produce a germy spatter of respiratory droplets and aerosols, which increase the likelihood of spreading infection. Source: Internet

Detective Garda Shane Curran from the Garda Technical Bureau said he found blood spatter on a radiator behind an armchair which was close to where Mr Kivlehan’s body was found. Source: Internet

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