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SPLATTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("splatter" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Derivation:
splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small quantity of something moist or liquid
Example:
just a splash of whiskey
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("splatter" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Derivation:
splatter (dash a liquid upon or against)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they splatter ... he / she / it splatters
Past simple: splattered
Past participle: splattered
-ing form: splattering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dash a liquid upon or against
Example:
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Synonyms:
plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):
disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splatter"):
puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)
slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Derivation:
splatter (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)
splattering (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
Example:
splatter water
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
disgorge; shed; spill (cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over)
run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They splatter the bread with melted butter
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