To Spatter
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (obsolete, transitive, figuratively) To injure by aspersion; to defame.
| Synonyms |
(cover or lie upon by having been scattered): strew