splash

[ splash ]

/ splæʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!

to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does.

to cause to appear spattered.

to dash (water, mud, etc.) about in scattered masses or particles.

to make (one's way) with splashing: He splashed his way across the pool.

Logging. to move (logs) by releasing a body of water from a splash dam.

verb (used without object)

to dash a liquid or semiliquid substance about.

to fall, move, or strike with a splash or splashes.

(of liquid) to dash with force in scattered masses or particles.

noun

the act of splashing.

the sound of splashing.

a quantity of some liquid or semiliquid substance splashed upon or in a thing.

a spot caused by something splashed.

a patch, as of color or light.

Logging.

the act of splashing logs.
water released, as from a splash dam, for splashing logs.

a striking show or impression.

Verb Phrases

splash down. See entry at splash down.

Origin of splash

First recorded in 1705–15; perhaps alteration of plash¹

SYNONYMS FOR splash

16 ado, impression, uproar, sensation.

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OTHER WORDS FROM splash

splash·ing·ly, adverb un·splashed, adjective

Words nearby splash

splanchnoptosis, splanchnosclerosis, splanchnoskeletal, splanchnoskeleton, splanchnotribe, splash, splash dam, splash down, splash erosion, splash guard, splash out

Example sentences from the Web for splash

The episode does not seem to have made much of a splash in the race thus far.

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Whereas Gotham mopes in the shadows, The Flash bursts like a splash page.

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The next set of results from the Subaru Hyper-Suprime-Cam will extend the SPLASH survey in important ways.

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And then when you want something satisfying, splash out a few dollars for a mammoth cupcake.

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Dabbling in night school photography classes in Miami in 1953, a 23- or 24-year-old Yeager quickly made a splash.

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Sometimes for an instant he scanned the surface of the lake for signs of breaking fish or splash of migrant water bird.

The Harvester |Gene Stratton Porter
Tammie was looking down at a splash of drying blood, obviously a deer had been badly wounded here and had fallen.

Double Challenge |James Arthur Kjelgaard
In a moment Mr. Anderson and Pud heard them splash as they plunged into the lake.

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All at once the lad turned sharply, the supple-limbed pony taking the bank in a cat-like leap, landing in the water with a splash.

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Great was the noise, it is said, made by the splash of one tossed in, and the water leaped high with the shock.

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British Dictionary definitions for splash

splash

/ (splæʃ) /

verb

to scatter (liquid) about in blobs; spatter

to descend or cause to descend upon in blobs he splashed his jacket

to make (one's way) by or as if by splashing he splashed through the puddle

(tr) to print (a story or photograph) prominently in a newspaper

noun

an instance or sound of splashing

an amount splashed

a patch created by or as if by splashing a splash of colour

informal an extravagant display, usually for effect (esp in the phrase make a splash)

a small amount of soda water, water, etc, added to an alcoholic drink

Word Origin for splash

C18: alteration of plash 1

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