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)

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)
Ukrainian: нерівна пляма f (nerivna pljama)

References

splotch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Verb

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

To mark with splotches.