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splodge

/ˈsplɒd͡ʒ/US/ˈsplɑd͡ʒ/

splodge noun: an irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.

Noun

splodge (plural splodges)

  1. (informal) An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.
    • It was a strip of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay over the sand edging of the salt flats like livid green cowpats.2007, Anne Mustoe, Che Guevara and the Mountain of Silver: By Bicycle and Train Through South America, Virgin Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 155
    • The consequence was that the stupid girl now had ended up with a bright blue ink splodge on her white “see through” blouse […]2011, Kenneth Rhienhart, It Wasn't Me, AuthorHouse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 293

Verb

splodge (third-person singular simple present splodges, present participle splodging, simple past and past participle splodged)

  1. (informal) To make a splodge; to render as a splodge.
    • Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 159

Synonyms of splodge

Forms of splodge

Noun
pluralsplodges
Verb
third-person singular presentsplodges
present participlesplodging
past participlesplodged
pastsplodged

Origin of splodge

Probably a variation of splotch.

Words formed from splodge

Words that rhyme with splodge

Questions about splodge

What does splodge mean?
Splodge means an irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.
What part of speech is splodge?
Splodge can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce splodge?
Splodge is pronounced /ˈsplɒd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of splodge?
The plural of splodge is splodges.

Words near splodge in the dictionary

  1. splividends
  2. SPLM
  3. splo
  4. splocket
  5. splockets
  6. splodge
  7. splodged
  8. splodges
  9. splodgier
  10. splodgiest
  11. splodgily

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