splotch
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a variation of splot (“a spot”) (compare blotch, from blot). More at splot.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Noun
[edit]splotch (plural splotches)
- An irregular-shaped spot or stain.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]irregular-shaped spot or stain
References
[edit]- “splotch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Verb
[edit]splotch (third-person singular simple present splotches, present participle splotching, simple past and past participle splotched)
- To mark with splotches.