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splatter

splatter

12 4.1
A small amount of liquid dropped onto a surface
  • noun
  • /ˈsplætər/
: salpicadura
  • A few drops miss the sink and splatter on the floor.
  • blood splatters
  • splatter of sauce
  • paint splatters

I thought it was like a beat up train, but just paint splatters.

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Examples

  • Like why is there a huge paint splatter on your wall?

  • The chef noticed a splatter of sauce on the kitchen counter after preparing dinner.

  • You gotta be careful of the splatter.

  • It's just a splatter of feathers.

  • But the forensics team did find evidence of a blood splatter.

  • There's some splatter from painting, like house painting on it.

  • Red and blue ink-blood splatters everywhere.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • An angry black-red splatter remained on the wall panel behind him, with long spindly lines dripping down.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • My knees buckled, and I wove my way to her, trying to sidestep the bloody splatters.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Just as the disco tune playing in the Trans Am hits the next chorus, a fistful of pizza splatters across the windshield.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

splash
vssplatter
53 1.0

The sound or action of liquid hitting a surface

is a small deposit left after liquid drops or hits a surface
splat
vssplatter
17 5.1

A wet, soft mark or sound made when something hits a surface

is a small deposit left rather than a forceful noisy impact
dab
vssplatter
9 3.1

A very small amount of liquid used on something

is a small deposit made by liquid falling onto a surface

How Much

splash
53 1.0
splatter
12 4.1
spot
212 1.0
drop
304 1.0
droplet
26 3.4

Surface Forms

splatter singular
splatter plural
splatter plural
splatter singular

Morphology

splatter = splat (transparent) = splat + ter

Formed from the onomatopoeic base 'splat' with the result/agentive-like suffix '-ter'; the meaning (a small amount or mark left by a splashing impact) is directly predictable.

Etymology

Splatter comes from the simple sound word splat, made to copy the noise a wet thing makes when it hits a surface. So a splatter is a small, messy drop or spot left by liquid when it falls or hits something.