splatter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

   He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.

2. 2
   noun

   A genre of gory horror.

   splatter film; splatter movie

3. 3
   verb

   To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

   The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.

4. 4
   verb

   To cause (something) to splatter.

   He splattered paint onto the wall.

5. 5
   verb

   To spatter (something or somebody).

   The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!

6. 6
   noun

   the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

7. 7
   noun

   a small quantity of something moist or liquid

8. 8
   verb

   dash a liquid upon or against

Etymology

Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter.