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Definition of Splotch
1. Verb. Blotch or spot.
2. Noun. An irregularly shaped spot.
Generic synonyms: Blot, Daub, Slur, Smear, Smirch, Smudge, Spot
Derivative terms: Blotch, Blotchy, Blotchy
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
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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