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Dictionary: splat·ter   (splăt'ər) pronunciation

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.
To spatter (something), especially to soil with splashes of liquid.

v.intr.
To spatter, especially to move or fall so as to cause splashes.

n.
A splash of liquid.

adj.
Characterized by gory violence: splatter films.

[Perhaps blend of SPLASH and SPATTER.]


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verb

  1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon: bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, spatter, splash, spray, swash. See strike/miss.
  2. To mark or soil with spots: bespatter, blotch, spatter, splotch, spot. See marks.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

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

Meaning #2: a small quantity of something moist or soft
  Synonyms: dab, splash


The verb splatter has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
  Synonyms: spill, slop

Meaning #2: dash a liquid upon or against
  Synonyms: spatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plaske, skvulpe
v. intr. - tilsprøjte
n. - sprøjt, plask, skvulp

Nederlands (Dutch)
spetteren, spatten

Français (French)
v. tr. - éclabousser, gicler, faire gicler
v. intr. - gicler, s'écraser (sur)
n. - crépitement

Deutsch (German)
v. - spritzen, bespritzen
n. - Fleck

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πιτσιλίζω, προβάλλω (π.χ. πρωτοσέλιδα)
n. - πλάτσα πλούτσα, μεγάλη πιτσιλιά

Italiano (Italian)
schizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - borrifar, esparramar
n. - borrifo (m)

Русский (Russian)
брызги, плескать, брызгать, плескаться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - salpicar, rociar, chapotear
v. intr. - salpicar
n. - salpicadura, rociada, tropel, cúmulo, montón, confuso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - plaska, stänka, stänka ned, plaska ned, spruta
n. - stänk, plask

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使水等飞溅, 结结巴巴地讲, 发溅泼声, 说话结巴, 溅出物, 飞溅

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使水等飛濺, 結結巴巴地講
v. intr. - 發濺潑聲, 說話結巴
n. - 濺出物, 飛濺

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (욕설을) 퍼 붓다, (물, 흙탕 따위를) 튀기다, 재잘재잘 지껄이다
v. intr. - 물을 사방에 튀기면서 나가다, (물, 흙탕 따위를) 튀다, 재잘재잘 지껄이다
n. - 튀기기, 그 소리, 혼신

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - がはねかかる
n. - はねかけること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) لوث أو لطخ بالرش, طش (الاسم) ترشش, رشاش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התיז‬
v. intr. - ‮התיז‬
n. - ‮קול התזה רם, טלאי צבעוני בד"כ מותז על משטח כלשהו‬


 
 

 

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