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Meanings of spattered in English

Covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

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Bespattered.

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Usage of spattered in English
1
Some spattered on the panes sharply; some dropped dully in the room.
The Trespasser
2
Then the young man was let down sobbing onto the blood-spattered earth.
The half-made world
3
Gruesome video footage of his blood-spattered body were distributed on social media.
The Guardian
4
The rain still fell drearily and spattered the page as he read.
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
5
Water bubbled up from the boiling potatoes and spattered on the stove.
Three to get deadly and four to score
6
The acid spattered on some of the papers, quickly setting them afire.
The Master Mystery
7
From the wave of sound words spattered out and up like spray.
It Happened in Egypt
8
They were spattered with frozen blood, and were gashed in several places.
Animal Heroes
9
I say thanks and settle in with coat covering my grease-spattered uniform.
Lit: a memoir
10
His sheets, his curtains, and even the walls, were spattered with red.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
11
He rode up to Sutler's in the evening, all spattered with mud.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
12
A steaming golden stream spattered across the headstone on which Marco perched.
The last page
13
The baby whimpered toward wakefulness as her tears spattered onto his blankets.
The river kings' road
14
Its crest disintegrated, and we were spattered by a rain of earth.
The forgotten soldier
15
I spattered him with the last few rounds from the roman candles.
Skin Game
16
The two rolled off the shelf and fell to the spattered dropcloth.
Cat’s Cradle
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Spattered across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common