Noun

• S: (n) spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering (the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively) "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
• S: (n) spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Verb

• S: (v) spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash (dash a liquid upon or against) "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter (rain gently) "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
• S: (v) spatter, bespatter (spot, splash, or soil) "The baby spattered the bib with food"