spatter

/spˈætɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   “he heard a spatter of gunfire”
2. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

verb

1. dash a liquid upon or against
   “The mother splashed the baby's face with water”
2. rain gently
   “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”
3. spot, splash, or soil
   “The baby spattered the bib with food”

Synonyms for spatter

• spattering
• splatter
• splattering
• sputter
• splutter
• sputtering
• splash
• splashing
• plash
• splosh
• swash
• sprinkle
• spit
• patter
• pitter-patter
• bespatter

Words that rhyme with spatter

• chatter
• scatter
• matter
• batter
• patter
• splatter
• shatter
• smatter
• clatter
• latter
• platter
• antimatter
• attar
• flatter
• hatter
• natter
• tatter
• wildcatter
• blatter
• chitterchatter
• fatter
• mcfatter
• mcphatter
• sater
• satter
• schlatter
• slatter
• vanatter
• vannater
• vannatter