Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
spatter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
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Examples
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The slurred word spattered my cheeks with spittle and his foul breath made me flinch.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The slurred word spattered my cheeks with spittle and his foul breath made me flinch.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The slurred word spattered my cheeks with spittle and his foul breath made me flinch.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The slurred word spattered my cheeks with spittle and his foul breath made me flinch.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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The slurred word spattered my cheeks with spittle and his foul breath made me flinch.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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The beasts looked up from their meals, jowls spattered in red.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Spittle and blood spattered his lips, dripping in my mouth.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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She hurls out coloratura like spattered drops of venom.
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Rytlock spat a gobbet of blood, which spattered the ground.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The black stuff spattered the deck just short of her and burned through.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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