splodge — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

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   It was a strip of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay over the sand edging of the salt flats like livid green cowpats.

   The consequence was that the stupid girl now had ended up with a bright blue ink splodge on her white “see through” blouse […]

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   The 'rainbows' we had seen in the cockpit were two bright round splodges of light called sun dogs, one either side of the sun, joined together by a golden ring of light.

Verb

1. To make a splodge; to render as a splodge.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.

Noun

1. an irregularly shaped spot

   Synonyms

   blotchsplotch

   Broader terms

   smudgespotblotdaubsmearsmirchslur