bespatter

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ spatter.

Verb

bespatter (third-person singular simple present bespatters, present participle bespattering, simple past and past participle bespattered)

(transitive) To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
(transitive) To soil by spattering.
(transitive, figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.

Translations

to sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance

Finnish: pirskottaa, pirskotella

to soil by spattering

Finnish: roiskia, roiskuttaa (fi)

to asperse with calumny

Finnish: panetella (fi), herjata (fi)

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