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splash
[splash]
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 phrase
splash down., splashdown.
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
Other Word Forms
- splashingly adverb
- unsplashed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of splash1
Example Sentences
In North Sumatra's Medan, an AFP photographer saw murky brown floodwaters at hip level, and residents asking drivers passing their inundated homes to drive slowly to avoid splashing them.
He danced with electric energy, sang with heartwarming ardency, and splashed perspiration around the Circle in the Square in “Just in Time,” portraying the 1960s chart-topper and sometime movie star Bobby Darin.
So Intel had to splash out on the manufacturing expansion before the returns on those investments were there.
The movies that came and went from theaters, the music that never made your Spotify algorithm, the books that made a splash but you hadn’t actually read.
On the stove, set a tiny simmer pot—some cinnamon sticks, citrus peel, a rosemary sprig, a splash of water—to give the house a soft, cozy scent without overwhelming the food.
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