splatter
About 0.13 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
- noun A genre of gory horror.
splatter film; splatter movie
- noun Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.
- verb To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
- verb To cause (something) to splatter.
He splattered paint onto the wall.
- verb To spatter (something or somebody).
Similar words
spatter spattering splosh splash sputter spill dab sputtering splutter plash
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Word family
splattered splattering splatters
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