Definition of: spatter

(spat′ər) v.t.
1. To scatter in drops or splashes, as mud or paint.
2. To splash with such drops; bespatter.
3. To defame.
—v.i.
4. To throw off drops or splashes; sputter.
5. To fall in a snower, as raindrops.
—noun
1. The act of spattering, or the matter spattered; a splash.
2. A pattering noise, as of falling rain. [OE spat-, stem of spatlian spit out + -ER⁴]