splat

UK: /ˈsplæt/ US: /splæt/ ,(splat)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

splat¹ /splæt/   n. [countable]

1. a sound made by splattering or slapping.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

splat¹  (splat), n. 

1. Furniture Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
2. a batten for covering joints between sheets of wallboard;
   panel strip.

• 1825–35; origin, originally uncertain; compare Old English splātan to split

splat²  (splat), n. 

1. a sound made by splattering or slapping.

• back formation from splatter 1895–1900

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splat / splæt/ noun

1. a wet slapping sound

Etymology: 19th Century: of imitative origin

splat / splæt/ noun

1. a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back

Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps related to Old English splātan to split