To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.
To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
to spatter blood
To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter.
To injure by aspersion; to defame.