0 present participle of spatter
1 to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in small drops:
Reduce the flame to low otherwise the oil will spatter all over the kitchen.
The blood seemed more like paint spattered from an artist's brush.
Many other decorative painting techniques were used such as glazing, spattering, marbelizing, manipulating the paint with the fingers or other objects, etc.
Solder paste can also have a spattering effect.
In emulsions and fat spreads, it stabilizes emulsions, reduces spattering during frying, improves texture of spreads and flavour release.
It may be the result of cryo-vulcanism, a spattering of material from outer moons, or residue left by the sublimation of brighter ice.
The cook had just baked a batch, the explosion spattering most of it on the deck.