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splot

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A spot; a splotch.

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  • noun A spot; splotch.

Etymologies

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From Middle English splot, from Old English splott ("spot, blot, patch or plot of land"), from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Related to split.

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Examples

  • I considered going to ER this morning due to my heart and I think I will soon, as I need to assess whether it is electrical or structural failure which is causing me to wake, which makes a –bump-bump-bump-gurgle/splot sound.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • I considered going to ER this morning due to my heart and I think I will soon, as I need to assess whether it is electrical or structural failure which is causing me to wake, which makes a –bump-bump-bump-gurgle/splot sound.

    My Birthday (ongoing!)! Plus four 'must have' Manga reviews Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • Him haz blak pads, an pink, an brown, an 1 pink w/ a leetle splot of brown in centre.

    HUVRCAT: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • But today I was decanting a generous sample for a friend--a friend who has enjoyed this, and so I was happy to share--and a generous splot of McQueen's controversial juice ended up on my hand.

    Toes, or all in? ScentScelf 2008

  • But today I was decanting a generous sample for a friend--a friend who has enjoyed this, and so I was happy to share--and a generous splot of McQueen's controversial juice ended up on my hand.

    Archive 2008-11-01 ScentScelf 2008

  • Was a woodchuck-sized blood splot in the middle of one lane, but no corpse and it could have been someone's beloved puddy-tat.

    Anticipation, thy name is New England spring... jhetley 2008

  • Furst – Yur brayne. *picks up 1st splort* *scoopz up wnd splot* *scrapes up remaining branes frum 3rd splort* *pllooops them bak in the skull* *patz the brains down so the fitz in nicelee.

    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Don't know if they have a cardinal bar up there, they got into the fermented sunflower seed and the barkeep told them to take it outside, but that's a good way to end up as a feathered splot on the asphalt.

    Tuesday roadkill report jhetley 2006

  • But the fur color and the splot size looked like muskrat.

    Offensive post jhetley 2006

  • A small splot then, a second motion in the ocean, the noise that a drop of water falling into the bathtub makes.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

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