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1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   "he heard a spatter of gunfire";
   - spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering
    
2. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
   - spattering, splash, splashing, splattering

1. Dash a liquid upon or against
   - splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
    
2. Rain gently
   "It has only spattered, but the roads are slick";
   - sprinkle, spit [Brit], patter, pitter-patter
    
3. Spot, splash, or soil
   "The baby spattered the bib with food";
   - bespatter

Derived forms: spattered, spatters, spattering

Type of: blob, blot, disperse, dot, dust, fleck, noise, painting, rain, rain down, scatter, spot, sprinkle

Encyclopedia: Spatter