splatter

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +‎ spatter.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsplætɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

   He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.

2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.

   splatter film; splatter movie

splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

1. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

   The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.

2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.

   He splattered paint onto the wall.

3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
   • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)

     Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle