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SPATTERING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spattering" is a kind of...):

painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)

Derivation:

spatter (dash a liquid upon or against)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

Example:

he heard a spatter of gunfire

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("spattering" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb spatter

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