[{"word":"spatter","phonetic":"/ˈspætɚ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈspætɚ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall."},{"definition":"The sound of droplets hitting a surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water."},{"definition":"To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to spatter blood"},{"definition":"To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter."},{"definition":"To injure by aspersion; to defame.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["strew"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spatter"]}]