spattered

3 definitions found

spattered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spatter \Spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Spattering.] [From the root of spit salvia.]
     1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as
        water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by
        sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor;
        to spatter boots with mud.
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              Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with
              the blood of his people.              --Burke.
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     2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to
        spatter blood. --Pope.
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     3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to
        throw out in a defamatory manner.
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spattered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  spattered
      adj 1: covered with bright patches (often used in combination);
             "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room";
             "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered
             with grease" [syn: dabbled, spattered, splashed,
             splattered]

spattered - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "spattered":
     bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, dotted, dusted, freckle-faced,
     freckled, freckly, macular, maculate, maculated, peppered,
     powdered, specked, speckled, speckly, splashed, splattered,
     splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, studded