splather

English

Verb

splather (third-person singular simple present splathers, present participle splathering, simple past and past participle splathered)

1. (transitive) To splash or slather.
   • 2007, Jason Murk, Tokharian Tales:

     She's careful about her smell, her looks; and true, a lot of Lisa is only what you see on the surface, and even that surface layer is covered in scent, splathered in suntan lotion, and she even hides her original accent, […]

   • 2017, Suzy Witten, 10/10ths: A Young Adult Novel of La Carrera Panamericana:

     [T]oday it's double helpings of Mexican sausage and American scrambled eggs, with hot sauce splathered on Sampson's, buttered toast also for him, two muffins for me, and some fruit for us to pocket for later.

Noun

splather (plural splathers)

1. A messy splash.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 147:

     [S]he flaps distractedly past us in a splather of muddy spume.

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