splattered; splattering; splatters
: to scatter or fall in or as if in drops
: characterized by extreme or excessive gore or violence
a splatter movie
Examples of splatter in a Sentence
Verb
Mud splattered everywhere when the wet dog shook himself.
Rain splattered against the windows.
A big bug splattered against the windshield of the car.
The egg splattered on the floor.
The paint splattered my clothes.
Noun
I had paint splatters on my jeans.
There were mud splatters all over the carpet.
Blood splatter was found at the crime scene.
Recent Examples on the Web
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
Play a series of games in time before the clock runs out or you get slimed or splattered with paint.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
As film writer Anna Menta pointed out in her own plea for TV Glow Oscars love on Decider, The Substance — a full-on body horror movie with lots of blood splatter — is at the heart of the awards season conversation this year.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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Verb
While some pages were pristine and rarely, if ever used, others are splattered, tattered, and so well-loved because the recipes have become such staples in our home.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
Play a series of games in time before the clock runs out or you get slimed or splattered with paint.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Popular on Variety With energetic and bold splatters of image and sound, directing duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir conjure up a similarly disquieting mood as that in other films about reunions exposing the cracks in platonic and romantic relations.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
As film writer Anna Menta pointed out in her own plea for TV Glow Oscars love on Decider, The Substance — a full-on body horror movie with lots of blood splatter — is at the heart of the awards season conversation this year.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
The avid reader in your life will adore this set of splatter paint bookends made of concrete casts.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splatter. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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