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Adjective: spattered  spa-tu(r)d
  1. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
    "a blood-spattered room";
    - dabbled, splashed, splattered
Verb: spatter  spa-tu(r)
  1. Spot, splash, or soil
    "The baby spattered the bib with food";
    - bespatter
     
  2. Dash a liquid upon or against
    - splatter, plash [rare], splash, splosh [informal], swash
     
  3. Rain gently
    "It has only spattered, but the roads are slick";
    - sprinkle, spit [Brit], patter, pitter-patter

See also: covered

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

Encyclopedia: Spatter