• Splatter

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ætÉ™(r)

    Full definition of splatter

    Noun

    splatter

    (plural splatters)
    1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
    2. (attributive) A genre of gory horror.splatter film; splatter movie

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) 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.
    2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.He splattered paint onto the wall.
    3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
      • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)Her wet hands ... splattered him with suds.
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