splash, splashing
(noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly
spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering
(noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
splash
(noun) a patch of bright color; “her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color”
splash, plash
(noun) the sound like water splashing
dab, splash, splatter
(noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid; “a dab of paint”; “a splatter of mud”; “just a splash of whiskey”
stir, splash
(noun) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; “he made a great splash and then disappeared”
splash
(verb) mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; “The mountain was splashed with snow”
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
(verb) dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby’s face with water”
sprinkle, splash, splosh
(verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; “She splashed the water around her”
splash
(verb) strike and dash about in a liquid; “The boys splashed around in the pool”
splash
(verb) soil or stain with a splashed liquid
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop
(verb) walk through mud or mire; “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”
splash, splosh, slosh, slush
(verb) make a splashing sound; “water was splashing on the floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
splash (plural splashes)
(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
A small amount of liquid.
A small amount (of color).
A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
An impact or impression.
(computing, informal) A splash screen.
(wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
(dated) A cosmetic powder for the complexion.
• (sound of liquid): plash
splash (third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed)
To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
(transitive) to hit or expel liquid at
To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
(transitive) To spend (money)
To launch a ship.
(transitive, Multicultural London English) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
Source: Wiktionary
Splash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Splashing.] Etym: [Akin to plash.]
1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
Splash, v. i.
Definition: To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
Splash, n.
1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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