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Definition: Splattering |
SplatteringNoun1. 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 "splattering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Synonyms: SplatteringSynonyms: spatter (n), spattering (n), splash (n), splashing (n), splatter (n), splutter (n), sputter (n), sputtering (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: adjacent channel interference (electrical engineering), monkey chatter, sideband splash, spatter (metallurgy), splash, splatter (electrical engineering). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | There came the splattering blast of motorcycles starting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Splattering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 77.27% of the time. "Splattering" is used about 22 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) | 77.27% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.73% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cum splattering | 6 |
smile splattering | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "splattering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 喷溅 (splattered). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | bespritzend (dabbling, spattering). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteringsplay брызгать разбрызгивание брызгающий. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Splattering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: splittering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: plastering, pretasting, spattering, sprattling. | |
-2 letters: gnarliest, graplines, integrals, interlaps, paltering, paltriest, pattering, prattling, rattlings, relapsing, repasting, replating, reslating, restating, retasting, spanglier, splatting, startling, sterilant, tangliest, tinplates, trapesing, traplines, triangles, triplanes, triptanes. | |
-3 letters: aglitter, alerting, aligners, altering, angriest, astringe, elapsing, engrails, entrails, estating, ganister, gantlets, gantries, gelatins, genitals, gitterns, glariest, glitters, gnattier, granites, grapiest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: earsplitting. | |
+2 letters: letterspacing. | |
+3 letters: letterspacings, progestational. | |
+5 letters: hyperstimulating, neuropathologist, superstimulating. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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