Meaning of spattery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Accompanied or caused by spattering.
2. Covered with or in the form of spatters.

Examples

“On a raw wintry morning, a watermill may talk of damp and rats, and other comfortless things; but on such a day as this is, its cool gushing sound and spattery playfulness are delicious both to ear and eye.”

“The rain went plop into the pools, and made a flattish, spattery sound on the rock.”

“And the spattery gale that has knocked over parking signs and everted umbrellas all morning suddenly quits an hour before match time […]”

“[…] he traced upon the paper, slowly, awkwardly, but without stopping once, a tangle of heavy, shaken, spattery lines, in which could nevertheless be recognized the signature of “Tarbox Button.””

“From where they sat they could see a spattery shimmer of moonlight on the water […]”

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