splatch means A blot or splash. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Probably imitative.
noun
- A blot or splash.“[I]t appear'd through the Microscope gray, like a great splatch of London dirt […]”
verb
- To mark with a splatch.“Stanton described Lincoln as "A long, lank creature from Illinois, wearing a dirty linen duster for a coat, on the back of which the perspiration had splatched wide stains that resembled a map of the continent."”
- To manipulate roughly or crudely.“Fine distinctions, however, are wasted on Sir William Harcourt. His text is, ' We are rich and growing yearly richer,' and the more broadly splatched the facts he marshals in support of his text the more striking the effect.”
- To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material.“We splatched down into the river and across it, getting quite wet, while I swore quietly and monotonously.”