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- verb Present participle of
spatter . - noun Something spattered.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
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Examples
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At one time it was "spattering," when all faces and fingers had a tendency to smudges of India ink; and there was hardly a fine comb or tooth-brush fit for use in the establishment.
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He heard drops of water spattering stones all around.
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Reed staggered back as blood poured down his face, spattering red across his shoulder and chest.
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The canisters ticked a few seconds before geysering upwards, thick jets of liquid spattering off the ceiling, foaming and filling the space, securing his hunched form in a bubble of packing foam.
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I roared, blood wine spattering my lips as the person trying to pour it in could no longer reach.
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Fragments of sunlight pierced the thick canopy, spattering them with shifting flecks of light.
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A cursory glance at the list of honorees reminds one of the political underpinnings that dominate the awards 'list with only a spattering of awardees who actually did work for the community, humanity or the environment.
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The corpse lay facedown in the mud, his bottle green coat twisted up around his chest, mud and blood spattering his buckskin breeches, a spent pistol clutched in his cold hand.
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A cursory glance at the list of honorees reminds one of the political underpinnings that dominate the awards 'list with only a spattering of awardees who actually did work for the community, humanity or the environment.
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Dipped his pen in the ink, drops spattering the paper like blood.
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