splattered; splattering; splatters
: to scatter or fall in or as if in drops
: characterized by extreme or excessive gore or violence
a splatter movie
Examples of splatter in a Sentence
Verb
Mud splattered everywhere when the wet dog shook himself.
Rain splattered against the windows.
A big bug splattered against the windshield of the car.
The egg splattered on the floor.
The paint splattered my clothes.
Noun
I had paint splatters on my jeans.
There were mud splatters all over the carpet.
Blood splatter was found at the crime scene.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Dressed in their underwear, the two boys are then moved into the family’s kitchen, which is splattered with blood stains.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
The Toxic Avenger, a semi-reboot of the 1984 superhero splatter-fest, made the rounds of the festival circuit back in 2023.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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Verb
Left with tons of unsold produce, the village’s angry farmers band together in protest, setting up a blockade on the city’s main road and splattering it with their wares.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Dressed in their underwear, the two boys are then moved into the family’s kitchen, which is splattered with blood stains.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
The anniversary edition of the vinyl was pressed on bio-vinyl dark blue and orange splatter with its cover printed on silver mirror foil board and contains a poster.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
The Toxic Avenger, a semi-reboot of the 1984 superhero splatter-fest, made the rounds of the festival circuit back in 2023.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The avid reader in your life will adore this set of splatter paint bookends made of concrete casts.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
The film is a mess of tones and ideas, lugubrious splatter-movie violence mixed with a confused desire to appeal to the Stranger Things demographic.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splatter. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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