WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
splattering n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering] 2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering]