spatter
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spatter/ˈspatə(r)/
▶verb cover with drops or spots.
■ splash or be splashed over a surface.
▶noun- 1 a spray or splash.
- 2 a short outburst of sound.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘splutter’): frequentative, from a base shared by Du., Low Ger. spatten ‘burst, spout’.
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