Used in a Sentence

spatter

How to use spatter in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for spatter.

Editorial note

Cool trick, but the blood spatter could be done a lot better.

Examples12
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spatter gathered in one view.

noun

the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

noun

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

verb

dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spatter.

verb

spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

Example sentences

1

Cool trick, but the blood spatter could be done a lot better.

2

If a hot spatter lands on your arm, you could flinch and drop the crucible.

3

How do you deal with mud spatter on your business clothes?

4

That's why I prefer to never use resin core for wire welding because it spatters like mad.

5

I do have a strong memory of a small bit of spatter from a welding arc ending up in my boot.

6

If you are going to puke on someone's shoes, you had best lean in a little, lest the spatter hit your own glorious footwear.

7

The more samples on the bench at once the more chance to incidentally combine them, from things like "tip drip" or spatter.

8

One did not have to spatter the whole scope with who knew what variables when pulling stuff out of an associative array.

9

From the blood spatter around his house it was determined that he shot himself, survived and woke up, put a towel on his head, then shot himself again.

10

Bite mark analysis, blood spatter analysis, lie detector tests, it's all total hooey.

11

Unless I am seriously missreading that you only need eye protection for a 'facial' or when doing tattoo or other activity that causes blood spatter.

12

Talk to a homicide cop or forensics investigator sometime - they often get called to scene like this because it looks like there was a shootout, except that when they analyse the blood spatter etc., it turns out the person shot themselves, then lurched around trying to pick up the gun they dropped to finish it off. I'm not making light of this - some of the stories I've heard about this phenomenon are quite horrific.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spatter in a sentence?

Cool trick, but the blood spatter could be done a lot better.

What does spatter mean?

the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

What part of speech is spatter?

spatter is commonly used as noun, verb.