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SPATTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
Synonyms:
spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spattering" is a kind of...):
painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)
Derivation:
spatter (dash a liquid upon or against)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
Example:
he heard a spatter of gunfire
Synonyms:
spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spattering" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb spatter
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