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splatter (SPLAT uhr) (verb)
1. To move, fall, or to hit something in large drops: "Mud will splatter everywhere when the wet dog shakes herself."
2. To cause a liquid to move or to fall in large drops: "Why do you have to splatter paint everywhere?"
2. To cause a liquid to move or to fall in large drops: "Why do you have to splatter paint everywhere?"
splatter (SPLAT uhr) (noun)
Something that has been hit and broken apart on a surface: "She can see that he has a big bug splatter on the windshield of his car."
splutter (SPLUT uhr) (verb)
1. To make a spitting or choking sound: "The family can hear the log splutter in the fireplace."
2. To say something in a choking incoherent manner: "She couldn't help but cough and splutter as she climbed out of the icy water."
3. To speak hastily and incoherently, as when confused or angry: "He responded to the accusation that he cheated on the test with a splutter, 'Th-that's simply not true!'."
2. To say something in a choking incoherent manner: "She couldn't help but cough and splutter as she climbed out of the icy water."
3. To speak hastily and incoherently, as when confused or angry: "He responded to the accusation that he cheated on the test with a splutter, 'Th-that's simply not true!'."
All she could do was splutter when a car drove through a large mud puddle and created a huge splatter of goo all over her as she was walking on the sidewalk.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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