Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

    The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.

    плеска́тьpleskátʹ, бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ

  2. (transitive)To cause (something) to splatter.

    He splattered paint onto the wall.

    расплеска́тьraspleskátʹ

  3. (transitive)To spatter (something or somebody).

More definitions
  • dash a liquid upon or against
  • cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

Examples

27 sentences
  1. The wall was splattered with blood.

    ruСтена была забрызгана кровью.

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  2. There was blood splattered on the walls near the victims.

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  3. Try not to splatter the ink.

    ruСтарайся не ставить клякс.

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  4. Paint splatters decorated the workshop floor.

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  5. There were blood splatters on the ground.

    ruНа земле были брызги крови.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess:
To cause something to splatter:

Origin

Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of spla

Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter.

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Forms

splatters, splattering, splattered, splattered
Base formsplatter · to splatter
3rd person singularsplatters
Present participlesplattering
Past simplesplattered
Past participlesplattered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysplatter
he, she, itsplatters

Past simpleLesson

all personssplattered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave splattered
he, she, ithas splattered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill splatter

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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