spatter

²spatter

noun

Definition of SPATTER

1

a : the act or process of spattering : the state of being spattered b : the noise of spattering

2

a : a drop or splash spattered on something or a spot or stain due to spattering b : a small amount or number : sprinkle <a spatter of applause>

Examples of SPATTER

1. There were grease spatters all over the wall.
2. The floor was covered with spatters of paint.
3. There was a lot of paint spatter on the floor.

First Known Use of SPATTER

1797

Related to SPATTER

Synonyms: ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, particle, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Related Words: hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; shred, tatter; clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab

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Rhymes with SPATTER

batter, chatter, clatter, flatter, matter, natter, patter, plaiter, scatter, shatter, smatter, splatter, tatter