verb. Present participle of spatter.

noun. Something spattered.

noun. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

noun. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

"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."

noise  painting  

battering  chattering  clattering  flattering  nattering  

afflux  bleedings  bloodletting  bloomer  comber  

affusion  aspergation  aspersion  attenuation  baptism  

spatter