splatter
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
splatter
n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
{spatter}, {spattering}, {splatter}, {splattering},
{sputter}, {splutter}, {sputtering}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
{dab}, {splash}, {splatter}]
v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn:
{spill}, {slop}, {splatter}]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {plash},
{splash}, {splosh}, {swash}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "splatter":
Scotch mist, asperge, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, bedabble,
bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain,
bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bread, crumb, dab, dabble,
damp, dampen, dash, daub, dew, dot, douche, douse, dredge, drizzle,
drum, dust, evening mist, eyesore, fall, fleck, flick, flour,
flurry, flutter, flyspeck, foam, freckle, froth, go pitapat,
gout of rain, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify,
irrigate, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, mark, mist,
misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, paddle, palpitate, patch,
patter, pepper, pitter-patter, plash, pound, powder, precipitation,
pulsate, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, roll, ruffle,
sheet of rain, shower, slobber, slop, slosh, smear, smirch, smouch,
smudge, smut, smutch, sound a tattoo, sparge, spatter, speck,
speckle, spindrift, splash, splosh, splotch, splurge, splutter,
sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, sputter, stain,
stigma, stud, swash, syringe, taint, tarnish, throb, thrum, thump,
unfrozen hydrometeor, water, wet, wet down
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