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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.splotch - an irregularly shaped spotsplotch - 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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