Meaning of BESPATTER
| Pronunciation: | | bi'spatur
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| | Definition: | | [v] spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" |
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| | Synonyms: | | spatter |
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| | See Also: | | blob, blot, fleck, spot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bespattered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bespattering}.]
1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water,
mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
Whom never faction could bespatter. --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | asperge, asperse, attaint, bedabble, bedew, befoul, besmirch, bespot, besprinkle, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, censure, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, defame, defile, denigrate, dew, disapprove, disparage, douche, engage in personalities, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten, muckrake, paddle, pillory, reprimand, revile, slander, slobber, slop, slosh, slur, smear, smirch, soil, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, swash, syringe, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify, water, wet, wet down |
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