Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spatter
IPA transcription: [sp'ætɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering
    Meaning: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
  • Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering
    Meaning: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
    Meaning: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
Usage examples
  • They came on as thick as spatter. One played a few things on the violin.
  • It was very tricky work following the track, which pretty constantly disappeared, and in fact only showed itself by faint signs anywhere--a foot or two of raised sledge-track, a dozen yards of the trail of the sledge-meter wheel, or a spatter of hard snow-flicks where feet had trodden.