cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"
If a thick wet substance splatters on something or is splattered on it, it drops or is thrown over it. The rain splattered against the french windows `Sorry Edward,' I said, splattering the cloth with jam. a mud-splattered white shirt. = spatter. if liquid splatters somewhere, or if someone splatters it, it falls or is thrown onto a surface = spatter splatter sth with sth (Probably from splash + spatter)