noun
Meaning 1
The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backsplat
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
splat
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noun
Meaning 2
The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.
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noun
Meaning 4
The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets.
The asterisk *
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets.
The hash symbol #
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
An operator indicating a variable-length argument list, often denoted by * or ....
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
An operator which takes a scalar value and creates a vector in which each element is initialized to that value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
A children's game in which one person, in the centre of a circle of players, points and says "SPLAT!" at another player. That player then ducks down and the two players either side of them point and say "SPLAT!". The slowest to react is and eliminated from the game. The final is settled by a Mexican standoff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 11
To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The egg splatted onto the floor.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 12
To splatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She splatted the roach with her shoe.
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verb
Meaning 13
To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slat, spline
noun
Meaning 15
a single splash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he heard a splat as it hit the floor
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: splash, plash
verb
Meaning 16
flatten on impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The snowballs splatted on the trees
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: flatten, flatten out
verb
Meaning 17
split open and flatten for cooking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- splat fish over an open fire
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: flatten
verb
Meaning 18
give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
From earlier splat (“to spread flat”), from Middle English splatten, splaten (“to stretch out, extend", also "to split”). Compare dialectal English splat (“flat”).
Onomatopoeic.