bespatter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spot, splash, or soil
    spatter.
    • The baby spattered the bib with food

WordNet

Be*spat"ter transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bespattered present participle & verbal noun Bespattering
Definitions
  1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
  2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
    Whom never faction could bespatter. Swift.

Webster 1913