1. n. a flat piece of thin wood in the centre of a chair-back.
Etymology: splat (v.) split up, rel. to SPLIT 2. n., adv., & v. colloq.
--n. a sharp cracking or slapping sound (hit the wall with a splat).
--adv. with a splat (fell splat on his head).
--v.intr. & tr. (splatted, splatting) fall or hit with a splat.
Etymology: abbr. of SPLATTER