Learn English – How to describe the “oil flying out of the pan” when cooking

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Hi native speakers I wanna ask about a word in English.

You know when you cook food with oil, such as frying the bacon, the oil could be heated so much that the tiny drops of it may suddenly "fly" out of the pan onto your hand and might even cause burn. What words are appropriate to describe this phenomenon/procedure that the oil drops suddenly "fly" out? "spill"? "splash"??

For example: "Oh I need gloves to protect my hands when cooking because the oil keeps spilling(or splashing) out. I don't want my hands burned."

Best Answer

"Spatter" is a good word for that.

Here's the definition I'm using from Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged:

To jet or spurt forth in scattered drops

This is one of the definitions for the intransitive sense of "spatter."

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