| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| splatter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | splat·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  spl t  r |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: splat·tered, splat·ter·ing, splat·ters
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To spatter (something), especially to soil with splashes of liquid. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To spatter, especially to move or fall so as to cause splashes. | | NOUN: | A splash of liquid. | | ADJECTIVE: | Characterized by gory violence: splatter films. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps blend of splash and spatter.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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