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    spat·ter
    [ˈspadər]
    verb
    spatter (verb) · spatters (third person present) · spattered (past tense) · spattered (past participle) · spattering (present participle)
    1. cover with drops or spots of something:
      "passing vehicles spattered his shoes and pants with mud"
      • scatter or splash (liquid, mud, etc.) over a surface:
        "he spatters grease all over the stove"
      • fall so as to be scattered over an area:
        "she watched the raindrops spatter down"
    noun
    spatter (noun) · spatters (plural noun)
    1. a spray or splash of something:
      "she stood clear of the spatter of water that came off the steps"
      • a sprinkling:
        "there was a spatter of freckles over her nose"
      • a short outburst of sound:
        "the sharp spatter of shots"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (in the sense ‘splutter while speaking’): frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten ‘burst, spout’.
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    noun
    1. a spray or splash of something:
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