spatter

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.

1. To scatter (a liquid) in drops or small splashes.
2. To spot, splash, or soil.
3. To sully the reputation of; defame.

v.intr.

1. To come forth in drops or small splashes: Hot grease spattered in all directions.
2. To fall in or as if in a shower, as rain or bullets.

n.

1. 1. The act of spattering.
   2. The condition of being spattered.
2. A spattering sound.
3. 1. A drop or splash of something spattered.
   2. A small amount; a smattering: just a spatter of praise.

[Perhaps of Low German origin.]

verb

1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon: bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, splash, splatter, spray, swash. See strike/miss.
2. To mark or soil with spots: bespatter, blotch, splatter, splotch, spot. See marks.
3. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, slingthrowmud on. See attack/defend, clean/dirty.

n

Droplets of airborne particulate matter larger than 50 μm that fall to the ground.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  Synonyms: spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering

Meaning #2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
  Synonyms: spattering, splash, splashing, splattering

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The verb spatter has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: dash a liquid upon or against
  Synonyms: splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash

Meaning #2: rain gently
  Synonyms: sprinkle, spit, patter, pitter-patter

Meaning #3: spot, splash, or soil
  Synonym: bespatter

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - stænke, stænke på, snavse til med stænk, overstænke
v. intr. - sprøjte, sprutte
n. - stænk, plet, lille sprøjt

Nederlands (Dutch)
spetteren, spatten, spetter

Français (French)
v. tr. - éclabousser, asperger
v. intr. - éclabousser, tomber en faisant floc ou flac
n. - éclaboussure, petite pluie, crépitement, (US) un petit peu de

Deutsch (German)
v. - spritzen
n. - Spritzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πιτσιλίζω, ραντίζω, συκοφαντώ, σπιλώνω (υπόληψη κ.λπ.)
n. - πιτσίλισμα, ράντισμα, ήχος βροχής

Italiano (Italian)
schizzare, schizzo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - salpicar, borrifar, sujar
n. - borrifo (m), salpico (m), ruído continuo (m)

Русский (Russian)
брызгать, расплескивать, брызгать слюной, усеивать, порочить, брызги, дождик, малое количество

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - salpicar, difamar, esparcir, enlodar, manchar
v. intr. - chapotear, echar espurreando, verterse o caer en gotas gruesas, andar sobre el fango o el agua
n. - salpicadura, salpicón

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stänka, smutskasta, droppa, skvätta
n. - nedstänkning, stänk, stänkande, sprut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
溅, 洒, 污蔑, 中伤, 溅污, 溅出水滴, 滴下, 飞溅, 泼溅的污迹, 飞溅声, 少量

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 濺, 灑, 污蔑, 中傷, 濺污
v. intr. - 濺出水滴, 滴下, 飛濺
n. - 灑, 飛濺, 潑濺的污跡, 飛濺聲, 少量

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 흩어지다, (욕설을) 퍼붓다, (물 등을) 흩뿌리다
v. intr. - 튀다, (탄알이) 비처럼 날아오다
n. - 튀기는 소리, 스패터(용접 때 튀는 금속 입자), 조금

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - はね返す, 浴びせる, …にはね返す, こぼれる, パラパラ降る, はねる
n. - はねること, パラパラ落ちる音, はね, 少量

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطرطش, يؤشش, يبقع (الاسم) ترشيش, بقعه أو لطخه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התיז, היזה, פיזר, טפטף, הטיל בוץ/השמיץ‬
v. intr. - ‮ניתז‬
n. - ‮התזה, הזאה, טפטוף‬

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