bespatter

verb

bi-ˈspa-tər How to pronounce bespatter (audio)
Definition of bespatternext
as in to splatter
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush

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  1. splatter
  2. splash
  3. spatter
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  • This drama is so beautifully stylized that even the blood splattered on characters’ faces looks like a glossy decoration.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As road salt built up on the windshield, squirting the cleaner then using the wipers was effective but the extra drops of liquid the wipers consistently splattered all over the passenger side when performing its task, this was inexcusable and annoying.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of splatter
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  • Most often, these bags are splashed in Vuitton’s monogram or Damier Ebene canvas textiles.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Your backyard birds have enjoyed drinking water, splashing, and bathing in your birdbath for months but now freezing temperatures have arrived.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of splash
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  • English was the common language, spattered with classical Latin.
    Lorne Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Notebooks, clothes and tins of food lay scattered on the ground, spattered with what appeared to be blood.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of spatter
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“Bespatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespatter. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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