spatter in WordNet English dictionary

1. spot, splash, or soil
   "The baby spattered the bib with food"
   spatter  bespatter 
   
2. rain gently
   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
   sprinkle  spit  spatter  patter  pitter-patter 
   
3. dash a liquid upon or against
   "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
   spatter  splatter  plash  splash  splosh  swash 
   

1. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
   spatter  spattering  splash  splashing  splattering 
   
2. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
   spatter  spattering  splatter  splattering  sputter  splutter  sputtering