n.
Pronunciation: ' spa-t ə r
Function: verb
Etymology: akin to Frisian spatterje to spatter, Middle Dutch be spatten to splash
Date: 1600
intransitive verb : to spurt forth in scattered drops <blood spatter ing everywhere>
transitive verb
1 : to splash with or as if with a liquid also : to soil in this way <his coat was spatter ed with mud>
2 : to scatter by or as if by splashing < spatter water>
3 : to cover with or as if with splashes or spots
4 : to cast aspersions on : DEFAME < spatter ed my reputation>