To scatter or throw about carelessly, as some fluid or semi-fluid substance; dash or splash so as to fall in spreading drops or small quantities: as, to spatter water or mud over a person; to spatter oaths or calumnies.
To dash or splash upon; bespatter, literally or figuratively: as, to spatter a person with water, mud, or slander.
To sputter; act or talk in a sputtering manner.
To undergo or cause scattering or splashing in drops or small quantities.
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The act of spattering, or the state of being spattered; a spattering or splashing effect.
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A quick succession of not very loud sounds, such as is produced by the spattering of some substance.
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That which is spattered; a small splash, as of something thrown or falling in drops: as, a spatter of milk, ink, or mud on one's clothes.