mud spatter

3.1

Small drops of mud thrown onto a surface, often by vehicles

noun

: salpicadura de barro

After the race, his car was covered in mud spatter from the track.

Examples

She wiped the mud spatter off her boots before entering the house.
Be careful not to get mud spatter on your pants when walking down this road.
The car left a mud spatter on the driveway.
After the rain, there was a mud spatter on the road.
After the race, his car was covered in mud spatter from the track.
Be careful not to get mud spatter on your pants when walking down this road.
She wiped the mud spatter off her boots before entering the house.

Synonyms

splash

vsmud spatter

20 1.0

The sound or action of liquid hitting a surface

is about small wet earth droplets often flung by passing vehicles

spattering

vsmud spatter

1 5.5

Small drops of liquid that hit a surface

is about small wet earth droplets often flung by passing vehicles

splattering

vsmud spatter

1 5.0

Liquid that lands in small drops and makes spots on a surface

is about small wet earth droplets often flung by passing vehicles

splashback

vsmud spatter

1 4.2

Liquid that bounces back onto a person or surface after something hits it

is about small wet earth droplets often flung by passing vehicles

mud stain

vsmud spatter

1 1.1

A mark on something made by wet mud

is about small wet earth droplets often flung by passing vehicles

How Dirty

mudhole

1 1.3

mud stain

1 1.1

mud spatter

3.1

speck

66 1.3

Surface Forms

mud spatter singular

mud spatters plural

Morphology

mud + spatter

The meaning 'a splash or small amount of mud thrown onto a surface' is directly and compositionally derived from 'mud' (wet earth) and 'spatter' (to scatter in spots); the noun phrase simply denotes mud that has been scattered. This is a transparent, predictable combination following common compounding/nominalization patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Mud spatter comes from the image of wet mud being thrown off in small drops, or spatter, by car wheels or shoes. That's why it means 'a small splash or spots of mud' on a surface, often from moving vehicles.