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Splatter   /splˈætər/   Listen
Splatter

noun
1.
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.  Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering.
2.
A small quantity of something moist or liquid.  Synonyms: dab, splash.  "A splatter of mud" , "Just a splash of whiskey"
verb
1.
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.  Synonyms: slop, spill.  "Splatter water"
2.
Dash a liquid upon or against.  Synonyms: plash, spatter, splash, splosh, swash.



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"Splatter" Quotes from Famous Books



... ob massy!" exclaimed one big, fat, colored woman, as she dropped her basket of cotton and rushed for a place of safety. "Dat frisky li'l nigger suah will be splatter-dashed ef he fall offen ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South • Laura Lee Hope

... the same it wasn't easy getting her home. It was a long walk. Felicia hadn't two carfares and she had forgotten to ask the dentist for money. To make bad matters worse a heavy down pour of rain overtook them a good half mile from the house. Its cool splatter seemed to bring the Poetry Girl to her senses. ...
— Little Miss By-The-Day • Lucille Van Slyke

... observe that a' this clatter Is naething but a "moonshine matter"; But tho' dull prose-folk Latin splatter In logic tulyie, I hope we bardies ken some better Than mind ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... outer yard. Jock Gilmour had been dashing water on the paved floor, and was now sweeping it out with a great whalebone besom. The hissing whalebone sent a splatter of dirty drops showering in front of it. John set his bare feet wide (he was only in his shirt and knickers) and eyed the man whom his father had "downed" with a kind of silent swagger. He felt superior. His pose was instinct with the feeling: "My father is your master, ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown

... strokes of the broom—his mother's best, taken unknown to her—obliterated all traces of the water systems, and the hard spray was splashed against the windows just long enough to splatter the sashes well. The dirtiest places on the steps met with a half-hearted scrub or two before he reeled up the hose. A moment later, with the rake over one shoulder, and the lawn mower trailing noisily behind him, he set off to ...
— A Son of the City - A Story of Boy Life • Herman Gastrell Seely



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