From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspatterspat‧ter /ˈspætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] SPREADif a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface SYN splatterspatter somebody/something with something The walls were spattered with blood.spatter something on/over etc something a sweatshirt with paint spattered over itspatter on/across/over etc The first drops of rain spattered on the stones. —spatter noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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spatter• Blood spattered across the floor.• Something spattered all over his face: he put up his hand and his fingers came away red.• More bullets spattered the front of the cottage, drilling lines back and forth in the stonework.• Better yet, set the egg in the bottle in the sink, and let the kids spatter with abandon.• No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan's contents.• In a green robe, sunshine-splashed and spattered with the songs of thieving birds, you came sauntering between the vines.• Even at this distance I could see he was liberally spattered with yellow paint.• Was the smoke and the spattering worth the result?spatter on/across/over etc• He retched, thin vomit spattering on the floor.• Then waited, shivering, as the rain tipped off the brim of his top hat and spattered on the ground.• Unframed slabs of spatter on the walls hinted at meanings it were safer not to pursue too closely.Origin spatter (1500-1600) Perhaps from Dutch spatten “to burst, flow out strongly” 