spraying droplets of diluted emulsion on to a painted surface by flicking the bristles of the brush, which creates a speckled granite-style finish, more modern-looking that most paint effects
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food
If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface. He stared at the rain spattering on the glass Gently turn the fish, being careful not to spatter any hot butter on yourself Blood spattered the dark concrete = splatter. if a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface = splatter spatter sb/sth with sth (Perhaps from spatten )
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud
Molten material that was ejected from a vent or turbulent flow and which stuck together on landing to form a knobby rock in which the individual lumps are still just recognisable