splodge

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noun

ˈspläj

plural -s

chiefly British

: splotch

rook dropped a splodge

—Enid Bagnold

thin green splodge of slime

—Stephen Spender

splodge

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verb

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-ed/-ing/-s

transitive verb

chiefly British : splotch

newsboys … trying to sell a few fresh-splodged violet words … that told us nothing at all

—H. E. Bates

intransitive verb

chiefly British : splash, slosh

splodged about the streets

—A. L. Rowse

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably alteration of splotch entry 1

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