splash

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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.

  1. to cause to appear spattered.

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

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

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

verb (used without object)
  1. to dash a liquid or semiliquid substance about.

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

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

noun
  1. the act of splashing.

  2. the sound of splashing.

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

  2. a spot caused by something splashed.

  3. a patch, as of color or light.

  4. Logging.

    • the act of splashing logs.

    • water released, as from a splash dam for splashing logs.

  5. a striking show or impression.

Verb Phrases
  1. splash down. See entry at splashdown.

Origin of splash

1
First recorded in 1705–15; perhaps alteration of plash1

Other words for splash

Other words from splash

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

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How to use splash in a sentence

  • The children could tell that by the pretty splashes of the paint dripping down their sides.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • They tilted, plunged slowly, faster and faster—ended in great splashes of fire and sound somewhere in the city below.

    Valley of the Croen | Lee Tarbell
  • One by one, the petals from the big daisy fell from the girl's hand, dull splashes of gold against her dress and on the grass.

    The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
  • "I baptize thee," broke the silence, time after time, amid the tiny splashes of falling water.

    Tess of the Storm Country | Grace Miller White
  • He glanced up and saw that the rain was smearing broad splashes on the dingy glass of the windows.

    Blow The Man Down | Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for splash

splash

/ (splæʃ) /


verb
  1. to scatter (liquid) about in blobs; spatter

  2. to descend or cause to descend upon in blobs: he splashed his jacket

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

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

noun
  1. an instance or sound of splashing

  2. an amount splashed

  1. a patch created by or as if by splashing: a splash of colour

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

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

Origin of splash

1
C18: alteration of plash 1

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