verb
- Dash a liquid upon or against.
- usage: "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
- Rain gently.
- usage: "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
- synonyms: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
- Spot, splash, or soil.
- usage: "The baby spattered the bib with food"
adjective
- Covered with bright patches (often used in combination. )
- usage: "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease"
- synonyms: dabbled, splashed, splattered
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