splatter

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +‎ spatter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsplætɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Noun

splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

1. 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. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.

   splatter film; splatter movie

3. (uncountable, radio) Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.

Derived terms

• splatter-gun

 

Translations

An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact

• Bulgarian: пръски (bg) f pl (prǎski)
• French: éclaboussure (fr) f
• Irish: scuaid f
• Polish: bryzg (pl) m, trysk (pl) m
• Russian: бры́зги (ru) f pl (brýzgi)
• Spanish: mancha (es) f
• Swedish: stänk (sv) n

Verb

splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

1. (intransitive) 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.

2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.

   He splattered paint onto the wall.

3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
   • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise, page 100:

     Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: изплисквам се (izpliskvam se)
• Czech: vyšplíchnout (cs), cákat (cs)
• Esperanto: disverŝiĝi
• French: éclabousser (fr)
• Maori: patī, paratī, taratī, taratītī
• Russian: плеска́ть (ru) impf (pleskátʹ), бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ)
• Spanish: estrellarse (es)
• Vietnamese: bắn tung tóe

To cause something to splatter

• Bulgarian: плискам (bg) (pliskam), напръсквам (bg) (naprǎskvam)
• Czech: cákat (cs), cákat (cs), stříkat (cs), pocákat
• Esperanto: disverŝi
• Russian: расплеска́ть (ru) pf (raspleskátʹ)
• Spanish: estrellar (es)
• ǃXóõ: ɡǀxáʻa

To spatter

• Spanish: salpicar (es)

Anagrams

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English splatter.

Noun

splatter c

1. splatter (genre of gory horror)

Declension

Declension of splatter
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	splatter	splattern	—	—
Genitive	splatters	splatterns	—	—

Derived terms

• splatterfilm

See also

• underhållningsvåld