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bespatter

verb be·spat·ter \bi-ˈspa-tər, bē-\

Definition of BESPATTER

transitive verb

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First Known Use of BESPATTER

1600

Related to BESPATTER

Synonyms: splash, dash, plash, spatter, splatter

Rhymes with BESPATTER

back matter, backscatter, dark matter, flat-hatter, front matter, gray matter, no matter, standpatter, the matter, white matter, wildcatter

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