English

Etymology
Onomatopoeia

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æt|-æt

Noun
en-noun

1. The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.

#: I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.

1. The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.

#: The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.

1. The cmd key on an Apple Macintosh ®.
2. Various characters appearing in computer character sets, particularly <nowiki>#</nowiki> and <nowiki>*</nowiki>.

Verb
en-verb|splat|t|ed

1. To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.

#: The egg splatted onto the floor.

Related terms
splat mat
plop
sploosh
sploop
bellyflop
diarrhea

vi:splat

• 2007-05-14 10:35 - Frous -

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