shatter

Meanings

Plural: shatters

Verb

break into many pieces
- "The wine glass shattered"
damage or destroy
- "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
cause to break into many pieces
- "shatter the plate"
To violently break something into pieces.
To destroy or disable something.
To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
Of seeds: to be dispersed upon ripening.
To scatter about.

Noun

A fragment of anything shattered.
A (pine) needle.
A form of concentrated cannabis.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”), Low German schateren, Albanian shkatërroj (“to destroy, devastate”). Doublet of scatter.

Synonyms

shat, shiver

Scrabble Score: 10

shatter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
shatter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shatter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

shatter is a valid Words With Friends word