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SPLAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("splat" is a kind of...):
slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))
Holonyms ("splat" is a part of...):
side chair; straight chair (a straight-backed chair without arms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A single splash
Example:
he heard a splat as it hit the floor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("splat" is a kind of...):
plash; splash (the sound like water splashing)
Derivation:
splat (flatten on impact)
splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatten on impact
Example:
The snowballs splatted on the trees
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "splat" is one way to...):
flatten; flatten out (become flat or flatter)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
splat (a single splash)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Split open and flatten for cooking
Example:
splat fish over an open fire
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "splat" is one way to...):
flatten (make flat or flatter)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "splat" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
splat (a single splash)
splatter (the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively)
