Definition of Splotch

1. Noun. An irregularly shaped spot.

Exact synonyms: Blotch, Splodge
Generic synonyms: Blot, Daub, Slur, Smear, Smirch, Smudge, Spot
Derivative terms: Blotch, Blotchy, Blotchy

2. Verb. Blotch or spot.
Generic synonyms: Blob, Blot, Fleck, Spot

Definition of Splotch

1. n. A spot; a stain; a daub.

Definition of Splotch

1. Noun. An irregular-shaped spot or stain. ¹

2. Verb. To mark with splotches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splotch

1. to mark with large, irregular spots [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splotch

splog
splogs
sploit
sploits
splooged
splooges
splooging
splore
splores
splosh
sploshed
sploshes
sploshing
splot
splotch (current term)
splotched
splotches
splotchier
splotchiest
splotching
splotchy
spludgy
splurchase
splurchases
splurge
splurged
splurger
splurgers
splurges

Literary usage of Splotch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"From his wounds drop followed drop and gathered on the fallen leaves in a red splotch of blood. The man spoke. " Gawd!" he said. ..."

2. The Psychology of Clothing by George Van Ness Dearborn (1918)
"This was visualized slightly to the right as a gray splotch, ... At the time the schema came up, attention was strongly on the right-hand splotch. ..."

3. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"To sou with a splotch or splotches. II. n. An irregular discolored spot, as of ink, ... splotch 'y, a. splash, 1 splash; 2 splash. 14 Ы. & t»i. 1. ..."

4. Songs of a City by Howard Vigne Sutherland (1904)
"Well, there's a splotch of brown, And a splotch of white at the back and a splotch of summer blue, And a dark line up and down, and another one here, ..."

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