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💦 A wet mark 💥 To hit and flatten 💻 Expanding in code 🪑 A chair support 🐟 To flatten (fish)
to splat

to splat

3 6.2
To hit a surface and make a wet flat mark or sound
  • verb
  • /splæt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : salpicar
  • There are also fun new rules for hitting orcs and making them go splat.
  • go splat
  • splat all over

Examples

  • As the fruit fell from the tree, it splat against the pavement and burst open.

  • Ramone went through that window, splat.

    Collateral (2004)

  • Amazing stuff, it splats against the wall and ends up in perfect balls all over the floor.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • So, the thing stumbles around and splat!

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And as you walked on the stage toward the piano, you fell splat right on your back, and the whole audience gasped.

    Playing Mona Lisa (2000)

  • Now, you're going down in flames, and I wanna be there when you go splat.

    Major League II (1994)

  • Later on, we were sitting right here, sipping cocoa, and we talked about what it felt like to fall splat on your back in front of the whole audience.

    Playing Mona Lisa (2000)

  • You can chuck a pumpkin off the top of the 10-story, 130-foot-tall building and see it splat near a dumpster on the ground.

    Blog text (31)

  • The waterballoon hit the ground and splatted everywhere, soaking our shoes.

  • After the paintball hit the wall, it splatted, leaving a colorful mark.

Synonyms

to plop
vsto splat
5 3.4

To fall into liquid and make a short soft splash

flatten on impact against a surface often leaving a wet mark
to plap
vsto splat
9.9

To make a light smacking or soft splashing sound

flatten on impact with a wet sound and leave a flat mark

How Forceful

to smash
311 2.1
to splat
  • Specialized
3 6.2
plop
4.2
pat
24 2.1
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

splat infinitive
splatted past
splatted past participle
splatting present participle
splats third person singular

Etymology

Splat as a verb comes from the same imitation of a wet, soft impact; to 'splat' is to hit and flatten with a messy noise, which is why we use it when something lands and spreads out on the ground.