splat

The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.

The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.

(computing, slang) The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.

The asterisk *

The hash symbol #

A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.

A children's game in which one person, in the centre of a circle of players, points and says "SPLAT!" at another player. That player then ducks down and the two players either side of them point and say "SPLAT!". The slowest to react is and eliminated from the game. The final is settled by a Mexican standoff.