splotch

English

Alternative forms

• splatch

Etymology

From a variation of splot (“a spot”) (compare blotch, from blot). More at splot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Noun

splotch (plural splotches)

1. An irregular-shaped spot or stain.

Synonyms

• splodge

Derived terms

• splotchy

Translations

irregular-shaped spot or stain

• Finnish: läiskä (fi)
• Plautdietsch: Kjlakjs m
• Russian: клякса (ru) f (kljaksa)
• Spanish: manchon; mancha
• Ukrainian: нерівна пляма f (nerivna pljama)

References

• “splotch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Verb

splotch (third-person singular simple present splotches, present participle splotching, simple past and past participle splotched)

1. To mark with splotches.