Splodge

//ˈsplɑd͡ʒ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch. informal

    "It was a strip of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay over the sand edging of the salt flats like livid green cowpats."

  2. 2
    an irregularly shaped spot wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a splodge; to render as a splodge. informal

    "Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines."

Example

More examples

"It was a strip of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay over the sand edging of the salt flats like livid green cowpats."

Etymology

Probably a variation of splotch.

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