tr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

To spatter with or as if with mud: “a thoughtful, anti-activist judge being bespattered with charges of racism, sexism, hypocrisy and dishonesty” (William Safire).

verb

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

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: spot, splash, or soil
  Synonym: spatter

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - oversprøjte, tilstænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
spatten, bekladden

Français (French)
v. tr. - éclabousser de

Deutsch (German)
v. - bespritzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πιτσιλίζω, καταλερώνω, κηλιδώνω, κατασπιλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
inzaccherare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - salpicar, sujar com salpicos de lama

Русский (Russian)
забрызгивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - salpicar, chapotear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överösa, nedstänka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
点缀, 诋毁, 溅污

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 點綴, 詆毀, 濺污

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 더럽히다, 튀기다, 욕을 퍼붓다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …にはねかける, 悪口を浴びせる, 浴びせる, はねかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) رش, لطخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכפיש, ליכלך‬

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