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splotches

NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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It gets stranger still as a pair of ultrasound probes are fixed to my head, complete with splodges of slimy gel above the ears - to measure the blood flow to my brain.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

It slurps and slithers around in your head in great smeary splodges, like a cornucopia of slugs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Today, she posts pictures and videos of herself makeup-free, her skin mid-flare or masked by splodges of spot cream.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2018

Even when scrappy and dashed off, they are solid and tangible, complex packets of visual and tactile stimuli: paper, ink, drawings, splodges of marmalade.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2012

The multicoloured splodges that correspond to active brain areas have helped fMRI to earn the disparaging nickname 'blobology', reflecting some neuroscientists' frustration with the limited information that a blob conveys.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2012



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