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SPLATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splatter mean? 

SPLATTER (noun)
  The noun SPLATTER has 2 senses:

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosivelyplay

2. a small quantity of something moist or liquidplay

  Familiarity information: SPLATTER used as a noun is rare.


SPLATTER (verb)
  The verb SPLATTER has 2 senses:

1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a containerplay

2. dash a liquid upon or againstplay

  Familiarity information: SPLATTER used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPLATTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering

Context example:

he heard a spatter of gunfire

Hypernyms ("splatter" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A small quantity of something moist or liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dab; splash; splatter

Context example:

just a splash of whiskey

Hypernyms ("splatter" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Derivation:

splatter (dash a liquid upon or against)


SPLATTER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they splatter  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it splatters  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: splattered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: splattered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: splattering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

slop; spill; splatter

Context example:

splatter water

Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Verb group:

disgorge; shed; spill (cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over)

run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They splatter the bread with melted butter


Sense 2

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Context example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splatter"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splatter (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)

splattering (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)


 Context examples 


“A healthy young slip of a gale from the breath iv it, sir,” he answered, “with a splatter iv rain just to wet our gills an’ no more.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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