[sploch] 
| 1. | a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch. |
| 2. | to mark or cover with splotches. |
| 3. | to be susceptible to stains or blots; show or retain stains, blots, or spots of dirt or liquid: Don't buy that tablecloth—the material splotches easily. |
| 4. | to cause or be liable to cause stains, blots, or spots: Be careful of that paint—it splotches. |
| splotch (splŏch) n. An irregularly shaped spot, stain, or colored or discolored area: "spectacular splotches of color and beauty in the blossoms" (Wendy Lyon Moonan). tr.v. splotched, splotch·ing, splotch·es To mark with splotches or a splotch. [Perhaps blend of spot, blot1 and botch.] splotch'i·ness n., splotch'y adj. |