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
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
During a formal review in January to consider dropping Creech’s sentence to life in prison, county prosecutors presented images of his latest victim in the brutal prison beating, with his blood splattered on the walls and floor of his cell.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2024
Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 17 June 2024
The ceiling lights illuminated tiny splatters of slime, which looked almost like ants crawling up the sides of the glass.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
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
Out of the six suspects who splattered red paint outside the home of Brooklyn Museum Executive Director Anne Pasternak and other board members, four of them had their faces covered and kept their heads down to avoid having their faces recovered by surveillance cameras.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
During a formal review in January to consider dropping Creech’s sentence to life in prison, county prosecutors presented images of his latest victim in the brutal prison beating, with his blood splattered on the walls and floor of his cell.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2024
Noun
The splatter guard helps to keep anything from jumping from the bowl and makes the machine itself easy to clean with a quick wipe from a damp cloth.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 17 June 2024
The ceiling lights illuminated tiny splatters of slime, which looked almost like ants crawling up the sides of the glass.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
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
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splatter. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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