Antonyms for splatter


Grammar : Verb
Spell : splat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplæt ər


Definition of splatter

Origin :
  • 1784, but earlier in splatterdash (1772), perhaps a blend of spatter and splash.
  • verb splash
Example sentences :
  • Shells from hostile batteries were beginning to splatter down just beyond.
  • Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Overhead, a splatter of rain pinged on the tin roof of the cabin.
  • Extract from : « Dan Carter Cub Scout » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • There is a hole, and there is a splatter and a change of the line.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • Only when alone under that splatter of stars did he feel the moment big with more than a mere release from textbooks.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • A few of them, however—just a splatter—did fall on his fish, but it didn't matter as it was a salt fish anyway.
  • Extract from : « Hints to Pilgrims » by Charles Stephen Brooks
  • In the background the moon glinted in derision, and directly overhead was a splatter of callous stars.
  • Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus
  • This is known as "Splatter work," and consists of sprinkling minute dots of the black drawing fluid wherever required.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Illustration » by A. Horsley Hinton
  • He was thinking of the "artists" who splatter up clean canvas and call it "artistic self-expression."
  • Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Lonely trees and brush stood like decaying phantoms in the splatter of her headlights.
  • Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville
  • A splatter of partially dried mud on the trunk of a tree revealed that the passer-by had left the spot some hours before.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk

Synonyms for splatter

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