splatter

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

splat·ter [splatter splatters splattered splattering] BrE [ˈsplætə(r)] NAmE [ˈsplætər] verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (of large drops of liquid)to fall or hit sth noisily
•Heavy rain splattered on the roof.
2. transitive, intransitive to drop or throw water, paint, mud, etc. on sb/sth; to make sb/sth wet or dirty by landing on them in large drops
•~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) The walls were splattered with blood.
•+ adv./prep. Coffee had splattered across the front of his shirt.
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Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: imitative.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dab, splash, spatter, spattering, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering, plash, splosh, swash, spill, slop