0 to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in small drops: --
1 the act of a liquid falling on a surface in small drops, especially noisily; the drops themselves: --
2 to scatter small drops or bits of liquid on a surface, or of liquid to fall in small drops: --
Quills are fragile, easily broken, and will spatter unless used properly.
Pages 31 and 32, for example, are spattered with pen emendations.
The horses were biting each other because there was not enough space, and one saw blood spattered over the horses and over the sides of the vehicle.
Garments hanging out to dry after being washed are being spattered with a tar-like substance that has fallen from the surrounding atmosphere.
The second involved a young man whose door had been kicked down twice and had paint spattered all over it.
The words "ruin"and"bankruptcy" were spattered all over his speech.
Even then, the remainder of what he said was spattered with the sparsest references to it.
The report is spattered with comments on the high cost and bad quality of coal.
