spatter
English
/ˈspætɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- (transitive) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (obsolete) To injure by aspersion; to defame.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish spatten (burst, spout).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spatten
Gloss
burst, spout
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispatter English
- backspatter English
- bespatter English
- dock English
- spatterdock English
- spatterware English
- spatterwork English
- spattery English
- opspatten Dutch, Flemish
- spatten Dutch, Flemish