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splat

UK/splæt/ US/ˈsplæt/ uncommon slang
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

a single splash

  • “he heard a splat as it hit the floor”
2.

a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair

verb

1.

give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact

2.

split open and flatten for cooking

  • “splat fish over an open fire”
3.

flatten on impact

  • “The snowballs splatted on the trees”

Origin

From earlier splat (“to spread flat”), from Middle English splatten, splaten (“to stretch out, extend", also "to split”). Compare dialectal English splat (“flat”).

Phrases

  • splat map
  • splat mat
  • Splat Pack

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