pirskottaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• bespatter verb To cover something with drops or splashes of a wet or sticky 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 cover something with drops or splashes of a wet or sticky substance.
2. verb To make something dirty by splashing it with drops of liquid or mud.
3. verb To attack someone's reputation with false or unfair criticism.

sparge — full definition

1. verb To sprinkle or spray.
2. verb To pass gas bubbles through a liquid.

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