Sekirov Dictionary

splatterdash

noun 5
verb 3
forms 3

noun5

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A work (of art, literature, etc.) that gives the appearance of having been created in a haphazard, chaotic manner.
- The absurd splatterdash which the Mage painted while blindfolded had nothing of Thibetan architecture about it, but resembled a ruined castle on the Rhine. — 1906
•
An uproar.
- Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over — 1892
•
[usually plural] Spatterdashes.
- Sometimes he also wore splatterdashes, especially if he was on a horse. Splatterdashes were loose leggings that came up to his thigh. — 1974
•
A spangle; a sparkly decoration.
- The program is a 28-page booklet printed on a cream-colored paper with gold splatterdash, and with a French-fold cover of blue and gold. — 1937
•
A warrior.
- Alas for the splatterdashes! The unmanageable rebels suddenly seemed to be everywhere at once. — 1989

verb3

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To splash violently; to splatter with water and/or mud.
- “Dat frisky li'l nigger suah will be splatterdashed ef he fall offen dat mule's back !” And indeed it did look bad for the small colored boy. — 1921
•
To apply a splatterdash coat.
- Uncle Samuel's house was an old-fashioned one of rough stone, "splatterdashed" with fine pebbles on the outside. — 1910
•
To affix splatterdashes to.
- "I could splatterdash it for you," she said. "We used to wear daub-stick cottons when I was a girl, and we thought them pretty fine." — 1959

forms

splatterdashed · splatterdashing · splatterdashes

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