Antonyms for spatter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : spat-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspæt ər |
Definition of spatter
Origin :- 1570s (implied in spattering), possibly a frequentative verb from the stem of Dutch or Low German spatten "to spout, burst," of imitative origin. Related: Spattered.
- verb splash, sprinkle
- It was irregular at the edges, looking in fact like a spatter of silver.
- Extract from : « Seven Little People and their Friends » by Horace Elisha Scudder
- Take your pen, old boy, and show us whether you can spatter the ink or not.
- Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
- He knew only that Delaney had run, leaving his revolver and a spatter of blood behind him.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- Neill leaped back in a spatter of bullets that rained round him.
- Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
- His arid chuckle seemed to strike Hayden like the spatter of hail.
- Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
- On the walls of the houses we began to see the spatter of shrapnel.
- Extract from : « Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany » by Edward Lyell Fox
- At prisent they seem to be in no hurry to spatter us with their word-jelly.
- Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
- Among these was Mr. Spatter, who introduced him to Mr. Varnish.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in English Fiction » by Clara Helen Whitmore
- The spatter of skirmish firing was added to the thunder of the guns on the hill.
- Extract from : « The Little Regiment » by Stephen Crane
- I want the wind to blow on me, and the sun to burn me, and the mud to spatter me.
- Extract from : « Frulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther » by Elizabeth von Arnim
Synonyms for spatter
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