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Definition of Splattered
1. Adjective. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination). "Kitchen walls splattered with grease"
Definition of Splattered
1. Verb. (past of splatter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Splattered
1. splatter [v] - See also: splatter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splattered
Literary usage of Splattered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tanglefoot: An (almost) True Story of Civil Wars and Cities by Richard Miller (2005)
"... roused her, dragged her out of bed onto the floor, and as she rose to her
feet, I teased her for having slept in her mud splattered clothes. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"The carpenter's "centre bit." SPILE.—The vent peg of a beer barrel. To spoil.
SPILL.—A paper pipe-light; a fall from a horse. splattered.—Splashed. ..."
3. A Lm Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"... large closed 36,43,62, 82-83; dark-splattered 82; dating of 99; in dump 36,
43, 62; handles of 62; medium-coarse 62; monochrome 82; rims of 83; ..."
4. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Barzillai Lowsley, Job Lowsley (1888)
"The carpenter's "centre bit." SPILE.—The vent peg of a beer barrel. To spoil.
SPILL.—A paper pipe-light ; a fall from a horse. splattered.—Splashed. ..."
5. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"One of them hit the ground and his head had been quite badly shot up and his
brains splattered all over me. I even got some in my mouth. ..."
6. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"A man in splattered white overalls ran panting to the car, his paint splattered
hand motioning me to lower the window. Cooney explained. ..."
7. Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church by Shelley Wood Gauld (2007)
"The Life-Blood The wilderness Tabernacle was made from the finest materials,
exquisitely decorated, handled with the utmost reverence—and was splattered ..."
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