Synonyms for splatter

Grammar : Verb

Spell : splat-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplæt ər

Top 10 synonyms for splatter

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Définition of splatter

Origin : 1784, but earlier in splatterdash (1772), perhaps a blend of spatter and splash.

verb splash

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for splatter

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