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SPLATTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

Example:

he heard a spatter of gunfire

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("splatter" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small quantity of something moist or liquid

Example:

just a splash of whiskey

Synonyms:

dab; splash; splatter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("splatter" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Derivation:

splatter (dash a liquid upon or against)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splatter"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splatter (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)

splattering (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

Example:

splatter water

Synonyms:

slop; spill; splatter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splatter" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Verb group:

disgorge; shed; spill (cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over)

run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They splatter the bread with melted butter

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