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splash down

–noun
1. to land in a body of water in a returning spacecraft.
2. (of a spacecraft) to land in a body of water.

Origin:
1955–60, Americanism
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splash   (splāsh)   
v.   splashed, splash·ing, splash·es

v.   tr.
  1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.

  2. To scatter fluid onto in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.

  3. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water.

  4. To make (one's way) with or by scattering of fluid.

  5. To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to: a floral pattern that was splashed with pink; moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard.

  6. To display or publicize very noticeably: Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.

v.   intr.
    1. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses: splashed about in the swimming pool.

    2. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect: We splashed through the waves.

    3. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.

    4. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.

    1. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.

    2. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.

n.  
  1. The act or sound of splashing: went for a splash in the lake; heard the splash of the fish being thrown back.

    1. A flying mass of fluid.

    2. A small amount, especially of a fluid: a splash of liqueur on the cake.

  2. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid: a splash of light.

  3. A great though often short-lived impression; a stir: a publicity splash.

Phrasal Verb(s):
splash downTo land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile.

[Probably alteration of plash.]
splash'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

splash down

Land in water, as in The spacecraft splashed down within a few hundred yards of the pickup point. The splash in this idiom alludes to the impact of a solid body on water. [c. 1960]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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