Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

    He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.

    бры́згиbrýzgi

  2. (attributive, uncountable)A genre of gory horror.

    splatter film; splatter movie

  3. (uncountable)Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.

More definitions
  • the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  • a small quantity of something moist or liquid

Examples

27 sentences
  1. The wall was splattered with blood.

    ruСтена была забрызгана кровью. — AntonKhorev

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

  3. Try not to splatter the ink.

    ruСтарайся не ставить клякс. — shanghainese

  4. Paint splatters decorated the workshop floor.

  5. There were blood splatters on the ground.

    ruНа земле были брызги крови. — marafon

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact:

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

plural: splatters
Singularsplatter
Pluralsplatters

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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