"splotch" meaning in English

See splotch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /splɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /splɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-splotch.wav [US] Forms: splotches [plural], splatch [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From a variation of splot (“a spot”) (compare blotch, from blot). More at splot. Head templates: {{en-noun}} splotch (plural splotches)
  1. An irregular-shaped spot or stain. Synonyms: splodge Derived forms: splotchy Translations (irregular-shaped spot or stain): skvrna [feminine] (Czech), kaňka [feminine] (Czech), flek [masculine] (Czech), läiskä (Finnish), Fleck [masculine] (German), Klecks [masculine] (German), maszat (Hungarian), Kjlakjs [masculine] (Plautdietsch), plama [feminine] (Polish), kleks [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), кля́кса (kljáksa) [feminine] (Russian), mancha [feminine] (Spanish), fläck [common-gender] (Swedish), нері́вна пля́ма (nerívna pljáma) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-splotch-en-noun-G7J-D28l

Verb

IPA: /splɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /splɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-splotch.wav [US] Forms: splotches [present, singular, third-person], splotching [participle, present], splotched [participle, past], splotched [past], splatch [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From a variation of splot (“a spot”) (compare blotch, from blot). More at splot. Head templates: {{en-verb}} splotch (third-person singular simple present splotches, present participle splotching, simple past and past participle splotched)
  1. To mark with splotches.
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Inflected forms

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          "code": "cs",
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          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "skvrna"
        },
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          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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          "word": "kaňka"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "word": "flek"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "word": "läiskä"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kljáksa",
          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кля́кса"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mancha"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "nerívna pljáma",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нері́вна пля́ма"
        }
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      "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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      "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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      "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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      "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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      "word": "Kjlakjs"
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
      "tags": [
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