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roiskuttaa — 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.
  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • flash verb To shine briefly or repeatedly.
  • spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.

Senses

roiskuttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • bespatter (transitive) To soil by spattering.
  • dash (ambitransitive, sometimes, figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
  • flash (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
  • spatter (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.

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.

dash — full definition

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

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