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splotch

[sploch] / splɒtʃ /
NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




Example Sentences

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I flush the toilet and turn on the sink, splashing cold water onto my face until the pink splotches fade from my cheeks.

From Literature

Layered on top are paint splotches and streaks, as well as taped-on paper and vellum, blurring and obscuring the collage of figures underneath.

From Los Angeles Times

Mrs. Wendleken always poured iodine all over the bites, so Alice had to go around for days with big brown splotches on her arms and legs.

From Literature

Then I realize there are purple splotches on my arms too.

From Literature

Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.

From The Wall Street Journal