ˈspætɚ ˈsplætɚ ˈsplʌtɚ ˈsplʌtɚ ˈspʌtɚ ˈspʌtɚ spit up in an explosive manner utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively he heard a spatter of gunfire