splat

splat

a thin, flat piece of wood, esp. one forming the central, upright element in the back of a chair

Origin of splat

via dialect, dialectal from base of split

(used to suggest) a splattering or wet, slapping sound

Origin of splat

echoic

intransitive verb

splat′ted, splat′ting

to make such a sound
to flatten on impact

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splat

noun

A slat of wood, as one in the middle of a chair back.

Origin of splat

Perhaps from Middle English splatten to split open perhaps from Medieval Latin splattāre of Low German origin

splat1

c. 1740 American Queen Anne walnut armchair attributed to William Savery (1721?-1787)

noun

A smacking or splashing noise.

adverb

With a smacking or splashing noise: landed splat on the floor.

Origin of splat

Imitative

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Noun

(plural splats)

The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.
The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.
(computing, slang) The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
(computing, slang) Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets, particularly # and *.
The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present splats, present participle splatting, simple past and past participle splatted)

To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
The egg splatted onto the floor.

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Origin

Onomatopoeia

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