splatter

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: splat=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

splatter, v. i. & t. 

 To spatter; to splash.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

splatter, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 splash esp. with a continuous noisy action.
2 US spatter.
--n. a noisy splashing sound.

Etymology

imit.

THESAURUS

splatter

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