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Splat - What does it mean?

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splat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
  • I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.
  • The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
  • The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.
  • (computing, slang) The key on an (Apple Macintosh).
  • (computing, slang) Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets, particularly # and *.
  • The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
  • A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.
  • Verb

    (splatt)
  • To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
  • The egg splatted onto the floor.
  • 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.
  • See also

    * plop * splash * sploosh * sploop

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias

    Not English

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