splat
splat Lexical Profile
splat Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sharp, wet slapping sound made by something soft or liquid striking a hard surface, or the messy mark left behind by such an impact.
"The dropped ice cream cone hit the hot pavement with a loud splat."
A thin, flat vertical strip of wood positioning the center of the back of a chair.
"The antique Queen Anne dining chair featured a finely carved walnut splat."
An informal term used in computing and typography for the asterisk character (*).
"In many command-line interfaces, the splat acts as a wildcard symbol to match any sequence of characters."
• interjection
Used to imitate or represent the sudden sound of something wet or soft striking a surface.
"Splat! The snowball hit the windowpane right in front of us."
• verb
To land, strike, or flatten against a surface with a wet, slapping sound.
"Heavy raindrops began to splat against the windshield as the storm rolled in."
• adverb
With a sharp, wet slapping sound, or directly and abruptly against a surface.
"The overripe peach fell from the branch and landed splat on the patio."
• Rhymes for splat
Word Origin & Etymology
The sound-related senses originated in the late 19th century as a shortened, onomatopoeic form of 'splatter', whereas the furniture sense dates to the early 18th century as a variant of 'slat'.