"splatter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsplætɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-splatter.ogg [US] Forms: splatters [plural]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash + spatter. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{blend|en|splash|spatter|nocap=1}} blend of splash + spatter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)
  1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact): пръски (prǎski) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), éclaboussure [feminine] (French), scuaid [feminine] (Irish), bryzg [masculine] (Polish), trysk [masculine] (Polish), бры́зги (brýzgi) [feminine, plural] (Russian), mancha [feminine] (Spanish), stänk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-noun-JS-2mj1k Disambiguation of 'An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact': 97 1 3
  2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror. Tags: attributive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-noun--acsGRx7
  3. (uncountable, radio) Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Radio, Liquids
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-noun-dldpQOP2 Disambiguation of Liquids: 18 7 31 20 15 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 5 50 18 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 8 46 17 6 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 5 44 18 8 5 Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: splatter-gun

Verb

IPA: /ˈsplætɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-splatter.ogg [US] Forms: splatters [present, singular, third-person], splattering [participle, present], splattered [participle, past], splattered [past]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash + spatter. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{blend|en|splash|spatter|nocap=1}} blend of splash + spatter Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: intransitive Translations (To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess): изплисквам се (izpliskvam se) (Bulgarian), vyšplíchnout (Czech), cákat (Czech), disverŝiĝi (Esperanto), éclabousser (French), patī (Maori), paratī (Maori), taratī (Maori), taratītī (Maori), плеска́ть (pleskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бры́згать (brýzgatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), estrellarse (Spanish), bắn tung tóe (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-verb-Lb8-YSl0 Disambiguation of 'To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess': 97 1 2
  2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter. Tags: transitive Translations (To cause something to splatter): плискам (pliskam) (Bulgarian), напръсквам (naprǎskvam) (Bulgarian), cákat (Czech), stříkat (Czech), pocákat (Czech), disverŝi (Esperanto), расплеска́ть (raspleskátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), estrellar (Spanish), ɡǀxáʻa (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-verb-eEjNXso- Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 12 11 19 17 25 16 Disambiguation of 'To cause something to splatter': 1 98 1
  3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody). Tags: transitive Translations (To spatter): salpicar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-splatter-en-verb-NO5mb8ck Disambiguation of 'To spatter': 9 7 84

Inflected forms

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        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
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          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, radio) Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "broadcasting",
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        "radio"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsplætɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ætə(ɹ)"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prǎski",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пръски"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éclaboussure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bryzg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brýzgi",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "бры́зги"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mancha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stänk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "splatter"
  ],
  "word": "splatter"
}

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        "(intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess."
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        "(transitive) To spatter (something or somebody)."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpliskvam se",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "изплисквам се"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "vyšplíchnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "cákat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "disverŝiĝi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "éclabousser"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "patī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "paratī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "taratī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "taratītī"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pleskátʹ",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плеска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brýzgatʹ",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бры́згать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "estrellarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess",
      "word": "bắn tung tóe"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pliskam",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "плискам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naprǎskvam",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "напръсквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "cákat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "cákat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "stříkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "pocákat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "disverŝi"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspleskátʹ",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расплеска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "estrellar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "To cause something to splatter",
      "word": "ɡǀxáʻa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To spatter",
      "word": "salpicar"
    }
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}

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