splather

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verb

To splash or slather.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

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

present singular third person splathers · participle present splathering · participle past splathered · past splathered

  1. transitiveTo splash or slather.

    [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
    1 more example

    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
nounsplather (plural splathers)

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

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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