- splotch
- splotch c.1600, perhaps a blend of spot, blot, and botch.
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Splotch — Splotch! Splotch! jeu de société [[Fichier:|200px]] {{{licence}}} autre nom {{{autre1}}} … Wikipédia en Français
Splotch! — jeu de société {{{licence}}} Auteur Igor Polouchine Illustrateur Stéphane Bô Éditeur Darwin Project Date de 1re … Wikipédia en Français
splotch — splotch·i·ly; splotch·i·ness; splotch; … English syllables
Splotch — (spl[o^]ch), n. [Cf. {Splash}.] A spot; a stain; a daub. R. Browning. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
splotch — informal ► NOUN ▪ a spot, splash, or smear. ► VERB ▪ make a splotch on. DERIVATIVES splotchy adjective. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of SPOT(Cf. ↑spotted) and obsolete plotch «blotch» … English terms dictionary
splotch — [spläch] n. [prob. blend of SPOT + BLOTCH] a spot, splash, or stain, esp. one that is irregular vt., vi. to mark or soil, or be marked or soiled, with a splotch or splotches splotchy adj. splotchier, splotchiest … English World dictionary
splotch|y — «SPLOCH ee», adjective, splotch|i|er, splch|i|est. marked with splotches … Useful english dictionary
splotch — index defacement, stain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
splotch — [splɔtʃ US spla:tʃ] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from spot + blotch] a ↑splodge … Dictionary of contemporary English
splotch — splotch1 [ splatʃ ] noun count AMERICAN a large spot of dirt or color ╾ splotch|y adjective splotch splotch 2 [ splatʃ ] verb transitive AMERICAN to put splotches of dirt or color on something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
