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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : splat-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplæt ər |
Definition of splatter
Origin :- 1784, but earlier in splatterdash (1772), perhaps a blend of spatter and splash.
- verb splash
- Shells from hostile batteries were beginning to splatter down just beyond.
- Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Overhead, a splatter of rain pinged on the tin roof of the cabin.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter Cub Scout » by Mildred A. Wirt
- There is a hole, and there is a splatter and a change of the line.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Only when alone under that splatter of stars did he feel the moment big with more than a mere release from textbooks.
- Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
- A few of them, however—just a splatter—did fall on his fish, but it didn't matter as it was a salt fish anyway.
- Extract from : « Hints to Pilgrims » by Charles Stephen Brooks
- In the background the moon glinted in derision, and directly overhead was a splatter of callous stars.
- Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus
- This is known as "Splatter work," and consists of sprinkling minute dots of the black drawing fluid wherever required.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Illustration » by A. Horsley Hinton
- He was thinking of the "artists" who splatter up clean canvas and call it "artistic self-expression."
- Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Lonely trees and brush stood like decaying phantoms in the splatter of her headlights.
- Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville
- A splatter of partially dried mud on the trunk of a tree revealed that the passer-by had left the spot some hours before.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
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