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WordNet (3.0)
spatter(n) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively, Syn. sputtering, spattering, sputter, splattering, splatter, splutter, Example: he heard a spatter of gunfire
spatter(n) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface, Syn. splattering, spattering, splashing, splash
spatter(v) dash a liquid upon or against, Syn. plash, swash, splosh, splash, splatter, Example: The mother splashed the baby's face with water
spatter(v) spot, splash, or soil, Syn. bespatter, Example: The baby spattered the bib with food
spatterdock(n) common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water, Syn. Nuphar advena, yellow pond lily, cow lily

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Spatter

v. i. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter. [ 1913 Webster ]

That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish ever after. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spatter

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spattered p. pr. & vb. n. Spattering. ] [ From the root of spit salvia. ] 1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spatterdashed

a. Wearing spatterdashes. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spatterdashes

n. pl. [ Spatter + dash. ] Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spatter-dock

n. (Bot.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena). [ 1913 Webster ]

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