Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
splatter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈsplætɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
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(attributive, uncountable) A genre of gory horror.
splatter film; splatter movie
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(uncountable) Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.
Forms
Deriveds
splatter-gun · splatter platter
Translations (8)
pl bryzg (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · pl trysk (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · es mancha (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · sv stänk (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · fr éclaboussure (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · ga scuaid (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · bg пръски (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact) · ru бры́зги (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact)
splatter en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈsplætɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
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(transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.
He splattered paint onto the wall.
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(transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.
2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise, page 100:The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 59:
Forms
Deriveds
splatterer · splattery · splatterpunk · splattersome · splatterday · unsplattered · splatterproof · splatterfest · splatstick · nonsplattering · splatterdash · splatterwork
Translations (25)
bg изплисквам се (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · es estrellar (To cause something to splatter) · fr éclabousser (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · cs stříkat (To cause something to splatter) · eo disverŝi (To cause something to splatter) · mi taratītī (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · es estrellarse (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · pt espalhar (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · nmn ɡǀxáʻa (To cause something to splatter) · ota صچرامق (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · cs cákat (To cause something to splatter) · es salpicar (To spatter) · vi bắn tung tóe (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · mi patī (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · cs cákat (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · eo disverŝiĝi (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · ru бры́згать (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · bg плискам (To cause something to splatter) · bg напръсквам (To cause something to splatter) · mi paratī (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · mi taratī (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · ru плеска́ть (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · ru расплеска́ть (To cause something to splatter) · cs vyšplíchnout (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess) · cs pocákat (To cause something to splatter)