scatter vs shower

scatter

verb
  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

shower

verb
  • To spray with (a specified liquid). 

  • To rain in a shower; to cascade down. 

  • To bathe using a shower. 

  • To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance. 

noun
  • A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade). 

  • A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. 

  • A baby shower. 

  • An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. 

  • Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier 

  • One who shows. 

  • A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. 

  • An object or activity that is shown in a contest. 

  • A bridal shower. 

  • A shower of shit. 

  • A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself. 

  • A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump. 

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