spatter
A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surfaceA spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
» There were blood spatters on the wall.
На стене были кровавые брызги.
Meaning
5 sensesA spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
Schauer, Regen, Niederprasseln
A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.
Spritzer, Dreckspritzer, Dreckfleck
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
Trommeln, Prasseln
(figuratively)A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
(figuratively)A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
1988, Don DeLillo, Libra, New York: Viking, Part 2, “12 August,” p. 270, The attendant had a droopy lower lip, a rust-tone complexion with a spatter of freckles across the cheekbones […]
Examples
14 sentencesThere were blood spatters on the wall.
ruНа стене были кровавые брызги. — marafon
Layla's body was spattered with blood.
He that praises himself, spatters himself.
Dan found blood spatter on the wall.
A man was injured by lava spatter.
deEin Mann wurde von Lavaspritzern versehrt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentativeProbably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).
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Forms
plural: spattersSynonyms
8 synonyms- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface:spatteringsplashsplashingsplattering
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively:spatteringsplattersplatteringsputterspluttersputtering