different between splatter vs splattery

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +? spatter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?splæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Noun

splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.

Translations

Verb

splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

1. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.

3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
   • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)

     Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

Translations

Anagrams

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle

English

Etymology

splatter +? -y

Adjective

splattery (comparative more splattery, superlative most splattery)

1. Resembling or covered in splatters.