splatter

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +‎ spatter.

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Noun

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splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

  1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
    He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
  2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.
    splatter film; splatter movie
  3. (uncountable, radio) Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.

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Verb

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splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

  1. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
    The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
  2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.
    He splattered paint onto the wall.
  3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
    • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise, page 100:
      Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English splatter.

Noun

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splatter c

  1. splatter (genre of gory horror)

Declension

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Declension of splatter 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative splatter splattern — —
Genitive splatters splatterns — —

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