splatter

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +‎ spatter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsplætɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Noun

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

Translations

An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact

• French: éclaboussure (fr) f
• Polish: bryzg (pl) m, trysk (pl) m
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• Russian: бры́зги (ru) f pl (brýzgi)

Verb

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.

Translations

To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess

• Czech: vyšplíchnout, cákat (cs)
• French: éclabousser (fr)
• Maori: patī, paratī, taratī, taratītī
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• Russian: плеска́ть (ru) impf (pleskátʹ), бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ)
• Spanish: estrellarse (es)

To cause something to splatter

• Czech: cákat (cs), cákat (cs), stříkat (cs), pocákat
• Russian: расплеска́ть (ru) pf (raspleskátʹ)
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• Spanish: estrellar (es)
• ǃXóõ: ɡǀxáʻa

To spatter

• Spanish: salpicar (es)
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Anagrams

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle