spatter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
he heard a spatter of gunfire
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
dash a liquid upon or against
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Types & categories
- sprinkle hypernym
- puddle hyponym
- slosh around hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
Types & categories
- painting hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Types & categories
- rain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprinkle derivation
Sense 5 verb
spot, splash, or soil
The baby spattered the bib with food
Types & categories
- fleck hypernym
Related & opposite
- splashing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splutter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sputter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | splashing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | splashing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sprinkle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | puddle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slosh around |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bespatter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | painting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | splashing |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fleck |