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# splat

«splat» in Mova's school dictionary: **the wet slapping sound something soft makes when it hits…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a splat, splats); verb (splat, splats, splatted, splatting); interjection (splat!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Splat is the wet slapping sound something soft makes when it hits a surface hard: splat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#m1)

2) A splat is a messy mark made this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#m2)

3) To splat is to hit something with this sound, or to squash flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Stories and comics: splat is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like what it means), like bang, pop and splash, used in poetry and English lessons. Everyday life: an egg or tomato going splat on the floor.

### examples

- The egg fell on the floor — splat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x1)
- The tomato hit the wall with a splat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x2)
- Splat! The snowball hit his back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x3)
- There was a big paint splat on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x4)
- The mud pie went splat on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x5)
- The cartoon cat went splat against the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x6)
- Onomatopoeia words include splat, crash and buzz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/#x7)

### note

Informal. Verb doubles the t: splatted, splatting. Similar words: splash (water), splodge (UK, a messy mark), splatter (spray of drops).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «splat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.