Spatter
(verb)
- To splash or scatter small drops or particles of a liquid.
- To scatter or mark (a surface) with small drops or particles of a liquid.
Origin:
Late middle english (in the sense "splash, spurt out"): from middle low german spatten, of imitative origin.
Examples:
- The paint spattered all over his clothes.
- Water was spattering down from the broken pipe.
- The oil spattered on the stove.
- He spattered the wall with mud.
- The wind spattered the rain against the window.