splotch

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

splotch, n. [Cf. Splash.].

 A spot; a stain; a daub.  R. Browning.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

splotch, n. & v.tr. = SPLODGE.

Derivative

splotchy adj.

Etymology

perh. f. SPOT + obs. plotch BLOTCH

THESAURUS

splotch

band, bar, bedabble, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cut, dab, dabble, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, daub, define, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, eyesore, flake, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckle, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, iris, jot, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, watermark