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Word entry · 7 letters

spatter

Best crossword clue

"Splash marks"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈspætɚ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aeprsttStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

Word origin

Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).

Used in a sentence

  • When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.
  • His axel-tree, and chariot wheeles, all spatterd with the blood Hurl’d from the steeds houes, and the strakes.
  • The old Welshman came home toward daylight, spattered with candle-grease, smeared with clay, and almost worn out.

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