to spatter all over
1
5.6
- phrasal verb
- /ˈspætər ɔl ˈoʊvər/
:
salpicar por todas partes
- When the balloon popped, confetti spattered all over the floor at the party.
- blood spattered all over
Examples
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Then he sees blood spattered all over the gravestone as Fats arrives.
Fiction book (1999) -
The paint will spatter all over the canvas if you don't hold the brush steady.
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Be careful; the sauce will spatter all over the wall if you turn the heat up too high.
Synonyms
209
1.0
To send out small drops of liquid to cover something
187
2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
100
1.1
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
91
1.0
To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise
51
4.1
To make liquid fall in small messy drops on a surface
18
1.3
To spray or throw many small things over an area
14
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
3
1.2
Make water spray in small drops by hitting or moving through it
3
5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
1
8.9
To splash mud or water onto something and make it dirty
1
8.8
To cover with small drops or spots like mud and paint
To splash liquid messily so it covers nearby things
To scatter small drops or bits lightly over something
To move water so it hits something and makes drops
To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way
To splash liquid around and make a mess
Antonyms
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'spatter' (to scatter liquid or particles) with the phrase 'all over' (throughout an area), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer that something is being scattered across a large surface. This follows a common English pattern (verb + all over) and is cross-linguistically transparent, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Spatter all over shows the picture of many small drops hitting something and flying out in every direction, leaving marks all over a surface. So it means 'to splash or scatter in many directions so that it covers a large area'.