| VERB | contact | spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against |
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| weather | spatter, sprinkle, spit, patter, pitter-patter | rain gently | |
| contact | spatter, bespatter | spot, splash, or soil | |
| NOUN | event | spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering | the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively |
| act | spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering | the act of splashing a (liquid / liquid) substance on a surface / surface |
| Sounds | spae'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. | |
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| Example | "he heard a spatter of gunfire" | |
| Synonyms | spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | chisporroteo, chorreo, pulverización catódica, salpicadura | |
| Catalan | espetec, polvorització catòdica | |
| Meaning | The act of splashing a (liquid / liquid) substance on a surface / surface. | |
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| Synonyms | spattering, splash, splashing, splattering | |
| Broader | painting | The act of applying paint to a surface / surface |
| Spanish | chapaleo, chapoteo, salpicado | |
| Verbs | spatter | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against |
| spatter | spot, splash, or soil | |
| Meaning | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonyms | splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | |
| Narrower | puddle | make a puddle by splashing water |
| slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around | spill or splash copiously or clumsily | |
| Broader | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse | Distribute loosely |
| Spanish | mojar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | esquitxar, mullar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | spatter, spattering | the act of splashing a (liquid / liquid) substance on a surface / surface |
| Meaning | rain gently. | |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Synonyms | sprinkle, spit, patter, pitter-patter | |
| Broader | rain, rain down | precipitate as rain |
| Spanish | chispear, escupir, lloviznar, rociar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | esquitxar, ploviscar, plovisquejar | |
| Meaning | Spot, splash, or soil. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They spatter the bread with melted butter | |
| Example | "The baby spattered the bib with food" | |
| Synonym | bespatter | |
| Broader | spot, fleck, blob, blot | make a spot or mark onto |
| Spanish | rociar, salpicar | |
| Nouns | spatter | the act of splashing a (liquid / liquid) substance on a surface / surface |
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