splodge

Definitions

An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a strip⟳ of absolute desert, where the only vegetation was the occasional splodge of moss, which lay⟳ over the sand edging of the salt flats like⟳ livid green cowpats.”

“The consequence was that the stupid girl now had ended up with a bright blue ink splodge on her white “see⟳ through” blouse […]”

“The 'rainbows' we had seen in the cockpit were two bright round splodges of light⟳ called sun dogs, one either side of the sun, joined together by a golden ring⟳ of light⟳.”

CEFR level