splat

POS

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun splat has 2 senses

splat(n = noun.event) Array - a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor"

is a kind of

plash

splash

Derived forms verb splat₃, verb splat₁

splat(n = noun.artifact) Array - a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair; Array

is a kind of

slat

spline

is a part of side chair, straight chair

Verb splat has 3 senses

splat(v = verb.perception) Array - give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact; Array

is one way to

sound

Derived forms noun splat₁, noun splatter₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

splat(v = verb.change) Array - split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire"

is one way to

flatten

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

splat(v = verb.change) Array - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"

is one way to

flatten

flatten out

Derived form noun splat₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

splat, n. a flat piece of thin wood in the centre of a chair-back.

splat, n., adv., & v. colloq.
--n. a sharp cracking or slapping sound (hit the wall with a splat).
--adv. with a splat (fell splat on his head).
--v.intr. & tr. (splatted, splatting) fall or hit with a splat.

Etymology

abbr. of SPLATTER

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THESAURUS

splat

bang, beam, billet, board, boarding, bump, burst, bust, clap, clapboard, clash, cord, cordwood, crack, crash, crump, deal, driftwood, firewood, flap, flop, hardwood, knock, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, rap, report, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slam, slap, slat, smack, softwood, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, swap, tap, three-by-four, thwack, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, weatherboard, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, wood