splotch

• splatch

From a variation of splot (“a spot”) (compare blotch, from blot). More at splot.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /splɒt͡ʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /splɑt͡ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

splotch (plural splotches)

1. An irregular-shaped spot or stain.

• splodge

• splotchy

• “splotch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

splotch (third-person singular simple present splotches, present participle splotching, simple past and past participle splotched)

1. To mark with splotches.