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splatter

[ splat-er ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to splash and scatter upon impact:

    The paint splattered when I dropped the bucket.



noun

  1. an act or instance of splattering.
  2. the quantity splattered:

    to wipe up a splatter of ketchup on the rug.

adjective

  1. characterized by gory imagery:

    splatter films.

splatter

/ ˈæə /

verb

  1. to splash with small blobs; spatter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a splash of liquid, mud, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·t adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of splatter1

1775–85; blend of splash and spatter
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, for me, separates splatter gore from body horror is that body horror always carries meaning.

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“That way if anything does splatter, at least it will hit our chef jacket.”

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Williams, having found the capsule and burst it between his teeth, was led off the pitch, with strangely scarlet blood streaming from his mouth, splattering on Quins' famous quartered shirt.

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Names splattered in from leftfield, a free-form approach to positions, a delicious cheese-dream of a bench – a side picked like Jackson Pollock paints.

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Very, according to the grisly blood splatters, the ham-fisted dramatic score and the panic in Midthunder’s eyes.

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