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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Textures, sounds
splatsplat1 /splæt/ noun [singular] informal CSSOUNDa noise like something wet hitting a surface hard
Examples from the Corpus
splat• With a splat, great splits opened up in the mass.• Or more apropos, one bird splat spreads forevermore.• And lands splat! on his right elbow.• A steady splat, splat, splat that was extremely irritating.• Even before the splat, the gull shapes its wings into a parachute and drops straight down to eat the scattered remains.• The peaty ground compacts water with an unflattering splat beneath my backside.• Leckie, who continually went splat in the mud, always seemed surprised that he did so.
splatsplat2 verb (splatted, splatting) [intransitive, transitive] SOUNDto make a noise like something wet hitting a surface, or to make something make this noise Big raindrops splatted against the windscreen.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
splat• Big fat raindrops started splatting on the windows.
Origin splat1 (1800-1900) From the sound
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