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Splatter   /splˈætər/   Listen
Splatter

noun
1.
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.  Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering.
2.
A small quantity of something moist or liquid.  Synonyms: dab, splash.  "A splatter of mud" , "Just a splash of whiskey"





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"Splatter" Quotes from Famous Books



... lingered. Finally, when still sixty yards distant, the leaders rose. I cut loose with both barrels for general results. To my vast surprise three came down, one dead, the other two wing-tipped. The two latter led me a merry chase, wherein I managed to splatter the rest of myself. Then I returned in triumph to the cart. The forlorn hope had planted its banner on the walls of achievement. Uncle Jim laughed at me for my idiocy in crawling through water after such a fool chance. I laughed at Uncle Jim because I had three ducks. We drove on, and the warm ...
— The Killer • Stewart Edward White
... and ungrammatically. "Oh, for a square meal!" She thrust her charming head out far enough for the rain to splatter on her bright hair and whip it into curls, and bring a deeper shade of pink to her cheeks, and a deeper blue to her eyes. "Ariel!" she fluted, "Spirit of the Violin, I'm hungry—earthily, worm-of-the-dustly, unromantically hungry! Send ...
— A Woman Named Smith • Marie Conway Oemler


Words linked to "Splatter" :   dust, run out, small indefinite quantity, move, disgorge, dot, small indefinite amount, slush, shed, slop, scatter, slosh around, slush around, noise, puddle, displace, sprinkle, disperse, slosh, splat


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