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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;
- Example: "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
[syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering]

2. a small quantity of something moist or liquid;
- Example: "a dab of paint"
- Example: "a splatter of mud"
- Example: "just a splash of whiskey"
[syn: dab, splash, splatter]


VERB (2)

1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;
- Example: "spill the milk"
- Example: "splatter water"
[syn: spill, slop, splatter]

2. dash a liquid upon or against;
- Example: "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
[syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Splatter \Splat"ter\, v. i. & t.
   To spatter; to splash.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

splatter
    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: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
       paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
       dab, splash, splatter]
    v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
         container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn:
         spill, slop, splatter]
    2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
       baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
       splash, splosh, swash]