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splotch

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splotch  (splch)
n.
An irregularly shaped spot, stain, or colored or discolored area: "spectacular splotches of color and beauty in the blossoms" (Wendy Lyon Moonan).
tr.v. splotched, splotch·ing, splotch·es
To mark with splotches or a splotch.
[Perhaps blend of spot, blot and botch.]
splotchi·ness n.
splotchy adj.
splotch [splɒtʃ]
n & vb
the usual US word for splodge
[perhaps a blend of spot + blotch]
splotchy  adj
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Noun1.splotchsplotch - an irregularly shaped spot          
blotch, splodge
blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Verb1.splotch - blotch or spot
blob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
Translations
splotch [ˈsplɒtʃ] n (= splodge) → tache f


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It was coming down the road--coming in the shadder of the trees, and you couldn't see it good; not till it was pretty close to us; then it stepped into a bright splotch of moonlight and we sunk right down in our tracks--it was Jake Dunlap's ghost
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
My Lady joining in, pointing out other places, and shouting other names, only made matters worse; and at last the Baron, in despair, took to pointing out places for himself, and feebly asked "Is that great yellow splotch Fairyland?
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
There was still the rayed splotch in the upper right-hand corner where a tear had fallen.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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