spatter

/ˈspætɚ/

noun

1
A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
2
A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
“There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.”
3
The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
4
A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
5
A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

1
To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
“When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.”
2
To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
3
To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
“to spatter blood”
4
To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
5
To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
“Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter.”
6
To injure by aspersion; to defame.

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