March 18, 2017 Word of the Day
spatters; spattered; spattering
The car is spattering mud everywhere.
Definition of SPATTER
: to cause drops of a liquid to be thrown forcefully in different directions
[+ object]
A passing car spattered [=splattered] mud all over her new coat.
The dog jumped in the pool and spattered us with water.
His clothes were spattered with paint.
[no object]
When you cook bacon, the grease spatters everywhere.
He showed me how to use the paintbrush so the paint wouldn't spatter.
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