SPLOTCH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does splotch mean? 

• SPLOTCH (noun)
  The noun SPLOTCH has 1 sense:

1. an irregularly shaped spot

  Familiarity information: SPLOTCH used as a noun is very rare.

• SPLOTCH (verb)
  The verb SPLOTCH has 1 sense:

1. blotch or spot

  Familiarity information: SPLOTCH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLOTCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irregularly shaped spot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blotch; splodge; splotch

Hypernyms ("splotch" is a kind of...):

blot; daub; slur; smear; smirch; smudge; spot (a blemish made by dirt)

Derivation:

splotch (blotch or spot)

• SPLOTCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they splotch    ... he / she / it splotches   
Past simple: splotched   
Past participle: splotched   
-ing form: splotching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blotch or spot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splotch" is one way to...):

blob; blot; fleck; spot (make a spot or mark onto)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

splotch (an irregularly shaped spot)

 Context examples 

He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)