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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Splatter \Splat"ter\, verb (used without an object) & t. To spatter; to splash.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
splatter
noun
1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: {spatter}, {spattering}, {splattering}, {sputter}, {splutter}, {sputtering}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {dab}, {splash}]
verb
1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: {spill}, {slop}]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {plash}, {splash}, {splosh}, {swash}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "splatter": Scotch mist, asperge, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bread, crumb, dab, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, daub, dew, dot, douche, douse, dredge, drizzle, drum, dust, evening mist, eyesore, fall, fleck, flick, flour, flurry, flutter, flyspeck, foam, freckle, froth, go pitapat, gout of rain, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, mark, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, paddle, palpitate, patch, patter, pepper, pitter-patter, plash, pound, powder, precipitation, pulsate, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, roll, ruffle, sheet of rain, shower, slobber, slop, slosh, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, sound a tattoo, sparge, spatter, speck, speckle, spindrift, splash, splosh, splotch, splurge, splutter, sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, sputter, stain, stigma, stud, swash, syringe, taint, tarnish, throb, thrum, thump, unfrozen hydrometeor, water, wet, wet down
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