"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 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): läiskä (Finnish), Kjlakjs [masculine] (Plautdietsch), клякса (kljaksa) [feminine] (Russian), manchon; mancha (Spanish), нерівна пляма (nerivna pljama) [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 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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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
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          "word": "läiskä"
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          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "kljaksa",
          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
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          "word": "клякса"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "irregular-shaped spot or stain",
          "word": "manchon; mancha"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "roman": "nerivna pljama",
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          "tags": [
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