Splat
noun
A loud, messy sound that is made when something soft and wet hits a surface.
I slipped on a banana peel and landed in the mud with a loud splat.
Often appears as...
- land with a splat
- hit with a splat
noun
A flat piece of wood in the middle of a chair's backrest.
She leaned back against the wooden splat of the chair.
Often appears as...
- wooden splat
- chair splat
noun
A loud, messy sound that is made when something soft and wet hits a surface.
I slipped on a banana peel and landed in the mud with a loud splat.
Often appears as...
- land with a splat
- hit with a splat
noun
A flat piece of wood in the middle of a chair's backrest.
She leaned back against the wooden splat of the chair.
Often appears as...
- wooden splat
- chair splat
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Onomatopoeic Usage
The word 'splat' mimics the actual sound it describes, often used for wet impacts.
The egg fell and went splat on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Expression
'Splat' is casual, better for storytelling or conversation than formal writing.
When the water balloon burst, it made a big splat.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Using 'splat' in descriptions can help readers visualize a messy situation.
Tomato sauce splatted against the wall during the food fight.
Pro Tip 1/3Onomatopoeic Usage
The word 'splat' mimics the actual sound it describes, often used for wet impacts.
The egg fell and went splat on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Expression
'Splat' is casual, better for storytelling or conversation than formal writing.
When the water balloon burst, it made a big splat.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Using 'splat' in descriptions can help readers visualize a messy situation.
Tomato sauce splatted against the wall during the food fight.
Pro Tip 1/3Onomatopoeic Usage
The word 'splat' mimics the actual sound it describes, often used for wet impacts.
The egg fell and went splat on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Expression
'Splat' is casual, better for storytelling or conversation than formal writing.
When the water balloon burst, it made a big splat.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Using 'splat' in descriptions can help readers visualize a messy situation.
Tomato sauce splatted against the wall during the food fight.
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Video examples
Talking and squawking PIPE...
Now, Einstein also thinks, you know, working in caves and travelling through space -- it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very dangerous if you fell down. Wheeeeeee! Yeah. Little splat at the end there. Einstein, did that hurt?
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
them this is is it true that people look like their pets and in the case this herpetologists discovered this lovely frog and it's the biggest of them so it's not a very good glider lands was kind of a splat but I did get a picture
Video examples
Talking and squawking PIPE...
Now, Einstein also thinks, you know, working in caves and travelling through space -- it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very dangerous if you fell down. Wheeeeeee! Yeah. Little splat at the end there. Einstein, did that hurt?
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
them this is is it true that people look like their pets and in the case this herpetologists discovered this lovely frog and it's the biggest of them so it's not a very good glider lands was kind of a splat but I did get a picture
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Reed Hastings
American Businessman
But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
Quote examples
Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
As for the claim that drone 'pilots' are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military's own term for its drone kills - 'bug splat,' which happens to be the name of a children's video game - and other evidence negates that.
Quote examples
Reed Hastings
American Businessman
But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
Quote examples
Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
As for the claim that drone 'pilots' are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military's own term for its drone kills - 'bug splat,' which happens to be the name of a children's video game - and other evidence negates that.
Example 1 of 2
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