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pirskottaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bespatter verb To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
  • sparge verb To sprinkle or spray.
  • spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
  • sprinkle verb To scatter small drops or particles of something over a surface.

Senses

pirskottaa is used for these senses in English:

  • bespatter (transitive) To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
  • sparge To sprinkle or spray.
  • spatter (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  • sprinkle (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
  • sprinkle (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

bespatter — full definition

  1. verb To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
  2. verb To soil by spattering.
  3. verb To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.

sparge — full definition

  1. verb To sprinkle or spray.
  2. verb To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).

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