a spatter of mud

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• mud — /mud/, n., v., mudded, mudding. n. 1. wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire. 2. Informal. scandalous or malicious assertions or information: The opposition… …   Universalium

• spatter — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by with) splash (a person etc.) (spattered him with mud). b scatter or splash (liquid, mud, etc.) here and there. 2 intr. (of rain etc.) fall here and there (glass spattered down). 3 tr. slander (a person s honour… …   Useful english dictionary

• mud — [[t]mʌd[/t]] n. v. mud•ded, mud•ding 1) gel wet, soft earth or earthy matter; mire 2) cvb inf scandalous or malicious assertions or information 3) to cover or spatter with mud 4) to stir up the mud or sediment in • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < MLG …   From formal English to slang

• mud — mÊŒd n. mire, wet soft earth, muck, wet dirt; slanderous remarks; slanderous remark written about a person v. muck up; soil with mud; cover with mud; spatter with mud …   English contemporary dictionary

• Spatter — Spat ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spattering}.] [From the root of spit salvia.] 1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mud — n. wet earth 1) to spatter mud 2) mud oozes, squishes 3) mud cakes 4) a layer of mud 5) (misc.) to spatter smb. with mud malicious charges 6) to sling, throw mud at smb. * * * [mʌd] squishes throw mud at smb. (misc.) to spatter smb. with mud [… …   Combinatory dictionary

• spatter — verb 1 (T) to scatter or throw small amounts of mud, dirt etc all over a surface: spatter sb/sth with: a passing car spattered with mud | spatter sth on/over etc: Grey flicked his brush spattering paint over my shirt. 2 (I) if liquid spatters on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spatter — verb ADVERB ▪ liberally (esp. BrE) PREPOSITION ▪ against ▪ Rain spattered against the window. ▪ on ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• mud — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ thick ▪ soft, sticky, wet ▪ dried, dry ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• spatter — I. verb Etymology: akin to Frisian spatterje to spatter, Middle Dutch bespatten to splash Date: 1600 intransitive verb to spurt forth in scattered drops < blood spattering everywhere > transitive verb 1. to splash with or as if with a liquid;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• spatter — [[t]spæ̱tə(r)[/t]] spatters, spattering, spattered V ERG If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface. [V prep] He stared at the rain spattering on the glass... [V n… …   English dictionary