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splather

splather verb: to splash or slather.

Verb

splather (third-person singular simple present splathers, present participle splathering, simple past and past participle splathered)

  1. (transitive) To splash or slather.
    • She's careful about her smell, her looks; and true, a lot of Lisa is only what you see on the surface, and even that surface layer is covered in scent, splathered in suntan lotion, and she even hides her original accent, […]2007, Jason Murk, Tokharian Tales
    • [T]oday it's double helpings of Mexican sausage and American scrambled eggs, with hot sauce splathered on Sampson's, buttered toast also for him, two muffins for me, and some fruit for us to pocket for later.2017, Suzy Witten, 10/10ths: A Young Adult Novel of La Carrera Panamericana

Noun

splather (plural splathers)

  1. A messy splash.
    • [S]he flaps distractedly past us in a splather of muddy spume.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 147

Forms of splather

Verb
third-person singular presentsplathers
present participlesplathering
past participlesplathered
pastsplathered
Noun
pluralsplathers

Questions about splather

What does splather mean?
Splather means to splash or slather.
What part of speech is splather?
Splather can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of splather?
The past tense of splather is splathered.

Words near splather in the dictionary

  1. splatches
  2. splatching
  3. splatchy
  4. splatfest
  5. splatfests
  6. splather
  7. splathered
  8. splathering
  9. splathers
  10. Splatooner
  11. Splatooners

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