splat

Meaning

Noun

The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
2. (transitive) To splatter.
3. (transitive) To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.

Synonyms

splash

plop

slush

Translations

الضّجّة

πλατύ τεμάχιον σανίδος

aplastar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/splæt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: splatten

Cognate with English: splat

In summary

From earlier splat (“to spread flat”), from Middle English splatten, splaten (“to stretch out, extend", also "to split”). Compare dialectal English splat (“flat”).