From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsplattersplat‧ter /ˈsplætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] COVERif liquid splatters somewhere, or if someone splatters it, it falls or is thrown onto a surface SYN spattersplatter something with something The room was splattered with blood.splatter over/across Paint splattered all over the carpet.→ See Verb table
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splatter• Agriculture is not like defence - a matter of being privy to private information; it is splattered all over the journals.• The raindrops, fat and rapid, splattered down.• A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here.• The morning I walked into the coffee house the white pillars were still splattered in blood.• Rain splattered on the Cathedral roof.• The yogurt drooled down her thighs, splattered on the floor in a pair of thick drops.• Shorr has splattered the work with white paint, and violently creased up the photo underneath.• Frank's shirt was splattered with blood.splatter over/across• Bright blood was splattered across the chest of his starched white shirt as though it had been shaken out of a mop.• The in-car shot showed catering leftovers splattering across the windscreen.Origin splatter (1700-1800) Probably from splash + spatter 