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bespattle

bespattle verb: to spit on.

Verb

bespattle (third-person singular simple present bespattles, present participle bespattling, simple past and past participle bespattled)

  1. (transitive) To spit on.

Forms of bespattle

third-person singular presentbespattles
present participlebespattling
past participlebespattled
pastbespattled

Origin of bespattle

From be- + spattle.

Questions about bespattle

What does bespattle mean?
Bespattle means to spit on.
What part of speech is bespattle?
Bespattle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bespattle?
The past tense of bespattle is bespattled.

Words near bespattle in the dictionary

  1. bespattering
  2. bespatterings
  3. bespatterment
  4. bespatterments
  5. bespatters
  6. bespattle
  7. bespaul
  8. bespauled
  9. bespauling
  10. bespauls
  11. bespawl

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