Spatter | Mean of spatter in English Dictionary
/ˈspætɚ/
- Verb
- to cause drops of a liquid to be thrown forcefully in different directions
- 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.
- When you cook bacon, the grease spatters everywhere.
- He showed me how to use the paintbrush so the paint wouldn't spatter.
- Noun
- a mark made when something wet hits a surface
- There were grease spatters all over the wall.
- The floor was covered with spatters of paint.
- There was a lot of paint spatter on the floor.
- (US) He cleaned the bug spatter off the windshield.