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splat

1

[ splat ]

noun

  1. Also a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
  2. a batten for covering joints between sheets of wallboard; panel strip.


splat

2

[ splat ]

noun

  1. a sound made by splattering or slapping.

splat

1

/ æ /

noun

  1. a wet slapping sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

splat

2

/ æ /

noun

  1. a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of splat1

1825–35; origin uncertain; compare Old English ٲ to split

Origin of splat2

First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from splatter
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of splat1

C19: of imitative origin

Origin of splat2

C19: perhaps related to Old English ٲ to split
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This is a movie where someone’s frontal lobes get splatted on a window and drip-drip-plop down in chunks.

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This shaggy, silly movie works because you want to be there wherever the leads fall splat on their faces: a blood bank, a brawl, an ambulance.

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The director of the museum, Sharon Ament, said the pigeon and splat represented the "grit and glitter" of the capital.

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Despite being totally disoriented, Brooklyn managed to spin onto her side and get out of the way just in time as Sydney crashed into the same spot with a splat.

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Plunging 12 stories in a building atrium, though, is just another bruising day on the job for Colt until, oops, he nearly goes splat.

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