splotch
noun
[ splɒtʃ ]
• a blob or smear of something, typically a liquid.
• "a splotch of red in a larger area of yellow"
splotch
verb
• mark with a blot or smear of something.
• "the white tablecloth was splotched with red wine"
Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps a blend of spot and obsolete plotch ‘blotch’.
