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splotch

[sploch] / splɒtʃ /
NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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Doc pulled a pen from his shirt pocket and outlined the outer edge of a fuzzy, misshapen splotch about the size of my thumb.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

About the size of my thumbprint, gray with white and black bands and a distinctive orange splotch on its wing, I almost missed it.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

He held it defiantly, waiting for the camera to zoom in on his folded brown splotch.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023

He would forever saunter to home plate with a pine tar splotch on his back and a playful gleam in his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Wherever the glue splattered, it was a white splotch of skin, even up his neck, on his face, and under his hair.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri