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verb (used with object)
1.
to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!
2.
to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does.
3.
to cause to appear spattered.
4.
to dash (water, mud, etc.) about in scattered masses or particles.
5.
EXPANDto make (one's way) with splashing: He splashed his way across the pool.
6.
COLLAPSELogging. to move (logs) by releasing a body of water from a splash dam.
verb (used without object)
7.
to dash a liquid or semiliquid substance about.
8.
to fall, move, or strike with a splash or splashes.
9.
(of liquid) to dash with force in scattered masses or particles.
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Splashing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
noun
Verb phrase10.
the act of splashing.
11.
the sound of splashing.
12.
a quantity of some liquid or semiliquid substance splashed upon or in a thing.
13.
a spot caused by something splashed.
14.
EXPANDa patch, as of color or light.
17.
splash down. See entry at splash down.
Related forms
splash·ing·ly, adverb
un·splashed, adjective
Synonyms
16. ado, impression, uproar, sensation.
16. ado, impression, uproar, sensation.
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Word Origin & History
splash
1715, probably an alteration of plash with an intensive s-. The noun is attested from 1736; meaning "striking or ostentatious display" is first attested 1804. Splashy "sensational" first attested 1836. Splash-down in the spacecraft sense is attested from 1961.
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