backsplatter

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A form of backspatter — Blood that is directed backward toward the source of an impact.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounbacksplatter (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of backspatter.

    He found himself wishing he had thought to put on some rubber gloves in case of backsplatter, and wondered if Vi still kept a pair under the kitchen sink.

    1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
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APA

backsplatter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsplatter

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“backsplatter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsplatter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backsplatter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsplatter.

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