SPLAT

splat

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.
  2. 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.
  3. The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
  4. Various characters appearing in computer character sets, particularly #
and *

.

  1. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.

Verb

  1. To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
    The egg splatted onto the floor.


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