splat

• POS: Noun

OXFORD DICTIONARY

splat, n. a flat piece of thin wood in the centre of a chair-back.

splat, n., adv., & v. colloq.
--n. a sharp cracking or slapping sound (hit the wall with a splat).
--adv. with a splat (fell splat on his head).
--v.intr. & tr. (splatted, splatting) fall or hit with a splat.

Etymology

abbr. of SPLATTER

THESAURUS

splat

bang, beam, billet, board, boarding, bump, burst, bust, clap, clapboard, clash, cord, cordwood, crack, crash, crump, deal, driftwood, firewood, flap, flop, hardwood, knock, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, rap, report, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slam, slap, slat, smack, softwood, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, swap, tap, three-by-four, thwack, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, weatherboard, whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop, wood