: a splattering or slapping sound
Examples of splat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 June 2025
The story kicks in once the unicorn in question goes splat.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Sadly, his pile went splat after reaching 29 inches — a ways off from the current 40-inch record.
—Axios Phoenix, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
The production’s tone, previously lighter than air, drops with a splat to the gorge’s marshy ground.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Meta’s ambitious plans for Gaussian splats One of the most ambitious demos of Gaussian splats to date has been built by Meta.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
And so the cobalt-blue splat at this canvas’s center may strike us as violent or raw but not unfamiliar—a piece of sky or sea or something else in nature rather than something the artist has invented for invention’s sake.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In October, the company open sourced its own file format for splats.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Regardless, Gaussian splats are continuing to gain steam across the industry.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
The Naked Gun, one of the silliest franchises of the last half-century, returns with a crash, splat, and ka-pow this summer.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 June 2025
The story kicks in once the unicorn in question goes splat.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Sadly, his pile went splat after reaching 29 inches — a ways off from the current 40-inch record.
—Axios Phoenix, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
The production’s tone, previously lighter than air, drops with a splat to the gorge’s marshy ground.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Meta’s ambitious plans for Gaussian splats One of the most ambitious demos of Gaussian splats to date has been built by Meta.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
And so the cobalt-blue splat at this canvas’s center may strike us as violent or raw but not unfamiliar—a piece of sky or sea or something else in nature rather than something the artist has invented for invention’s sake.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In October, the company open sourced its own file format for splats.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Regardless, Gaussian splats are continuing to gain steam across the industry.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Splat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splat. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share