splat
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noun
1.
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.
Origin:
1825–35; origin uncertain; compare Old English splātan to split
1825–35; origin uncertain; compare Old English splātan to split
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noun
a sound made by splattering or slapping.
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So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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splat1 (splæt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a wet slapping sound | |
| [C19: of imitative origin] | |
| splat2 (splæt) | |
| —n | |
| a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back | |
| [C19: perhaps related to Old English splātan to | |
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Word Origin & History
splat
"to land with a smacking sound," 1897, probably of imitative origin.
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Slang Dictionary
splat
n.1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk (`*') character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers.
2. [MIT] Name used by some people for the `#' character (ASCII 0100011).
3. The feature key on a Mac (same as alt, sense 2).
4. obs. Name used by some people for the Stanford/ITS extended ASCII circle-x character. This character is also called `blobby' and `frob', among other names; it is sometimes used by mathematicians as a notation for `tensor product'.
5. obs. Name for the semi-mythical Stanford extended ASCII circle-plus character. See also ASCII.
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splat definition
1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk ("*") character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive from the "squashed-bug" appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers.
2. Name used by some MIT people for the "#" character (ASCII 35).
3. (Rochester Institute of Technology) The feature key on a Mac (same as alt).
4. An obsolete name used by some people for the Stanford/ITS extended ASCII circle-x character. This character is also called "blobby" and "frob", among other names; it is sometimes used by mathematicians as a notation for "tensor product".
5. An obsolete name for the semi-mythical Stanford extended ASCII circle-plus character.
See also ASCII.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-19)
Example sentences
People toss out acronyms that bounce off my brain and splat on the floor, unabsorbed.
Also, something mentioned here that is always startling for me to realise: tarantulas will go splat if they take a high fall.
And so over the top they all merrily go, on their way to one spectacular splat landing.
Splat swirled around with countless raindrops, but hardly had a moment with any of them.
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