1. Spot, splash, or soil
   "The baby spattered the bib with food";
   - bespatter
    
2. Dash a liquid upon or against
   "The waves spattered against the rocks";
   - splatter, plash [rare], splash, splosh [informal], swash
    
3. Rain gently
   "It has only spattered, but the roads are slick";
   - sprinkle, spit [Brit], patter, pitter-patter

1. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
   "The chef's vigorous stirring caused a spatter of sauce on the stovetop";
   - spattering, splash, splashing, splattering
    
2. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   "he heard a spatter of gunfire";
   - spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering

Derived forms: spatters, spattered, spattering

Type of: blob, blot, disperse, dot, dust, fleck, noise, painting, rain, rain down, scatter, spot, sprinkle

Encyclopedia: Spatter