to smatter
1
8.8
- verb
- /ˈsmætər/
- Archaic
:
salpicar
Examples
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I couldn't place myself so easily or precisely as I could place my non-Jewish acquaintances, because although we were hardly religious Jews and spoke English as our mother tongue, though smattered with Yiddish words and phrases, we did so much of daily existence so differently that we never slotted into a proper, recognized sector of the social structure.
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The artist smattered the canvas with vibrant colors, creating a lively and dynamic piece.
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The old table was smattered with paint stains from years of creative projects.
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The floor was smattered with flour after the baking session, showing signs of a busy kitchen.
Synonyms
187
2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
104
4.4
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
100
1.1
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
54
2.5
To cover something with a light layer of fine powder
39
3.0
To appear as small marks across an area, like stars in the sky
15
3.9
To cover something with many small spots of a different color
14
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
12
7.2
To put things in different places among other things
10
6.0
To mark a surface with small spots of color or light
4
6.3
To spread things loosely and messily across an area
1
5.6
To mark something with small spots
1
8.9
To splash mud or water onto something and make it dirty
To scatter small drops or bits lightly over something
To cover a surface by scattering things like papers or flowers
Phrasal Verbs
How Covered
105
2.8
63
3.7
14
5.0
- Archaic
1
8.8
15
3.9
39
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smatter also has a sense tied to small spots or smears, like the word smear. Think of paint or mud smattering a floor with tiny drops, so to smatter something is to 'cover it with small spots'.