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splat 1
(splăt)n.
A slat of wood, as one in the middle of a chair back.
[Perhaps from Middle English splatten, to split open, perhaps from Medieval Latin splattāre, of Low German origin.]
splat 2
(splăt)n.
A smacking or splashing noise.
adv.
With a smacking or splashing noise: landed splat on the floor.
[Imitative.]
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splat
(splæt)n
a wet slapping sound
[C19: of imitative origin]
splat
(splæt)n
(Furniture) a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back
[C19: perhaps related to Old English splātan to split]
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splat1
(splæt)n.
a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back.
[1825–35; orig. uncertain; compare Old English splātan to split]
splat2
(splæt)n.
a sound made by splattering or slapping.
[1895–1900; back formation from splatter]
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| Noun | 1. |  splat - a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor" |
| 2. | splat - a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair side chair, straight chair - a straight-backed chair without arms | |
| Verb | 1. | splat - give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact |
| 2. | splat - split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" flatten - make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" | |
| 3. | splat - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees" flatten out, flatten - become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" |
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splat
[ˈsplæt] n (= sound) → floc mThe egg landed on my cheek with a splat → L'œuf s'écrasa sur ma joue en faisant floc.
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