Associations to the word «Spatter»

Wiktionary

SPATTER, verb. (transitive) To splash with small droplets.
SPATTER, verb. (transitive) To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
SPATTER, verb. (transitive) (figurative) To injure by aspersion; to defame.

Dictionary definition

SPATTER, noun. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire".
SPATTER, noun. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
SPATTER, verb. Dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water".
SPATTER, verb. Rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick".
SPATTER, verb. Spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca