splotchy (splochi)

[ ed with splotches or daubs. There were splotchy engravings scattered here and there through the pages of Monsieur Féval's romance. M. E. Braddon, Eleanor's Victory, v. splurge (splérj), n. [Origin obscure; cf. splore.] A blustering, noisy, or ostentatious demonstration, display, or effort. [Colloq.] The great splurge made by our American cousins when they completed another connection with the Pacific. Daily Telegraph, Dec. 28, 1885. ( Encyc. Dict.) splurge (splérj), v. i.; pret. and pp. splurged, ppr. splurging. [ You'd be surprised to know the number of people who come here [to Newport), buy or build expensive villas, splurge out for a year or two, then fail or get tired of it, and disappear. C. D. Warner , Their Pilgrimage, p. 114. splurgy (spler'ji), a. [ splurge + -y1.] Making, or disposed to make, a splurge. [Colloq.] splutter (splut'ér), v. [A var. of * sprutter , freq. of sprout , or of sputter , freq. of spout : see sprout , spout , and cf. spurt1 . Cf. splatter as related to spatter.] I. in trans. 1. To sputter. A row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 425. 2. To talk hastily and confusedly. II. trans. To utter confusedly or indistinctly, as through haste, excitement, embarra ment, or the like: often with out or forth : as, to splut ter out an apology.