splattered; splattering; splatters
: to scatter or fall in or as if in drops
: characterized by extreme or excessive gore or violence
a splatter movie
Examples of splatter in a Sentence
Verb
Mud splattered everywhere when the wet dog shook himself.
Rain splattered against the windows.
A big bug splattered against the windshield of the car.
The egg splattered on the floor.
The paint splattered my clothes.
Noun
I had paint splatters on my jeans.
There were mud splatters all over the carpet.
Blood splatter was found at the crime scene.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Expect almost every room to be splattered in blood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Long white coat that when opened reveals a Rorschach-style paint-splatter pattern and a matching minidress.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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Verb
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Expect almost every room to be splattered in blood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Jeremy had blood splatter on his forehead, eye, arms, hands and legs, according to court documents.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Long white coat that when opened reveals a Rorschach-style paint-splatter pattern and a matching minidress.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The avid reader in your life will adore this set of splatter paint bookends made of concrete casts.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
See All Example Sentences for splatter
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splatter. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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