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Definition: Spattering |
SpatteringNoun1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire". 2. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spattering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Synonyms: SpatteringSynonyms: spatter (n), splash (n), splashing (n), splatter (n), splattering (n), splutter (n), sputter (n), sputtering (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spattering |
| English words defined with "spattering": Flutter wheel ♦ spatter, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spattering": plasterer, stucco ♦ STUCCO MASON, stucco worker. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The rainheads dropped a little spattering and hurried on to some other country. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spattering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "Spattering" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 68.75% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (singular) | 31.25% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "spattering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ' (spattered, sprinkle, sprinkled, sprinkles, sprinkling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sproejtende lysbue (spattering arc), knaldende og sproejtende lysbue (vigorously crackling and spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spattende boog (spattering arc), knetterende en spattende boog (vigorously crackling and spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rätisevä ja räiskivä valokaari (vigorously crackling and spattering arc), räiskivä valokaari (spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | il existe plusieurs types de fissures dans les produits corroyés. Certaines débouchent en surface, ce sont: lignes ( fissures de faible profondeur, nombreuses, rectilignes en surface du produit, provenant des soufflures de peau du lingot ): pailles ( é (and arising from the surface blowholes in the ingot ): shells ( scabs ) ( superficial scaling resulting from spattering at the bottom of ingots: splash ): laps similarto seams), arc rageur (vigorously crackling and spattering arc), arc fusant (spattering arc), arc donnant lieu de nombreuses projections (spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bespritzend (dabbling, splattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στα κατεργασμένα προϊόντα υπάρχουν πολλοί τρόποι ρωγμών.Μερικές απ'αυτές εμφανίζονται στην επιφάνεια,όπως:φλεβίδια(ρωγμές μικρού βάθους, (and arising from the surface blowholes in the ingot ): shells ( scabs ) ( superficial scaling resulting from spattering at the bottom of ingots: splash ): laps similarto seams), τόξο με ανεξέλεγκτες εκτοξεύσεις μετάλλου (spattering arc), θορυβώδες τόξο με τριξίματα και ανεξέλεγκτες εκτοξεύσεις μετάλλου (vigorously crackling and spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זלוף (perfusion, spraying, sprinkling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Nei manufatti deformati plasticamente vi sono molti tipi di fessurazioni. Alcune affiorano alla superficie, quali cricche superficiali non saldate (fessure poco profonde che si presentano in serie numerose e corrono in linea retta sulla superficie del pro (and arising from the surface blowholes in the ingot ): shells ( scabs ) ( superficial scaling resulting from spattering at the bottom of ingots: splash ): laps similarto seams, but oblique and non-radial, caused during forging or rolling, many types of cracks are found in worked products. Some of these intersect the surface, rectilinear on the surface of the product, such as: Seams ( numerous shallow cracks), arco crepitante a proiezione intensa (vigorously crackling and spattering arc), arco a proiezione intensa (spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スパイ罪 (crime of espionage, fastball, ink spattering, slowing down, spaghetti, spaghetti meat sauce, spaghetti Western, span, span of control, spangle, Spanish, Spanish America, spanner, Spartacus Games, spasm, spats, spatula, speaker, speaker unit, speech, speech therapist, speech therapy, speed, speed ball, speed limit, speed skating, speed up, speed-gun, speedometer, speedway, speedy, spot, student slang for the restaurant chain "Spaghetti Factory", thank you, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スパッタリング (ink spattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 튀김 (Flipping, Fries, FRYING, spatter, splashing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteringspay arco chispante (spattering arc). (various references) брызгать забрызгивание. (various references) existen varios tipos de fisuras en los productos trabajados. Algunas desembocan en la superficie como las grietas superficiales sin soldar (fisuras poco profundas que se presentan en gran número y discurren en línea recta sobre la superficie del product (and arising from the surface blowholes in the ingot ): shells ( scabs ) ( superficial scaling resulting from spattering at the bottom of ingots: splash ): laps similarto seams, but oblique and non-radial, caused during forging or rolling, many types of cracks are found in worked products. Some of these intersect the surface, rectilinear on the surface of the product, such as: Seams ( numerous shallow cracks), arco muy chispeante (vigorously crackling and spattering arc), arco chispeante (spattering arc). (various references) sprutande båge (spattering arc), sprakande och sprutande båge (vigorously crackling and spattering arc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "spattering": bespattering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spattering" (pronounced spa"tering) |
| 5 | -a" t er i ng | battering, chattering, flattering, nattering, scattering, shattering, smattering, unflattering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | administering, altering, bantering, bartering, bettering, blistering, blustering, bolstering, catering, centering, chartering, clustering, cluttering, countering, doctoring, encountering, entering, factoring, faltering, festering, filibustering, filtering, fluttering, fostering, frittering, glittering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, littering, loitering, mastering, mentoring, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, mustering, muttering, neutering, pestering, petering, plastering, puttering, reentering, registering, sculpturing, sequestering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, splintering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pretasting. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: pattering, repasting, restating, retasting, trapesing, triptanes. | |
-2 letters: angriest, astringe, estating, ganister, gantries, gitterns, gnattier, granites, grapiest, ingrates, intreats, nitrates, painters, pantries, partings, patients, patterns, pertains, pettings, pinaster, pristane, rangiest, repaints, retaping, spatting, spearing, starting, straiten, tangiest, tapering, tertians, transept, trapnest, treating, trepangs, triptane. | |
-3 letters: aigrets, anestri, antsier, argents, arpents, artiest, artiste, attires, earings. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: patternings, splattering, tapestrying, trapnesting. | |
+2 letters: bespattering, earsplitting. | |
+3 letters: letterspacing, prognosticate, stepparenting. | |
+4 letters: letterspacings, predestinating, progestational, prognosticated, prognosticates, repristinating, stepparentings. | |
+5 letters: preregistration, prognosticative, supersaturating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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