splash

[splash]

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. to make (one's way) with splashing.

   He splashed his way across the pool.

6. 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.

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

noun

1. the act of splashing.

2. the sound of splashing.

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

4. a spot caused by something splashed.

5. a patch, as of color or light.

6. Logging.

   1. the act of splashing logs.

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

7. a striking show or impression.

   Synonyms: sensation, uproar, impression, ado

verb phrase

1. splash down.,  splashdown.

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

3. to make (one's way) by or as if by splashing

   he splashed through the puddle

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

noun

1. an instance or sound of splashing

2. an amount splashed

3. a patch created by or as if by splashing

   a splash of colour

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

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

Other Word Forms

• splashingly adverb
• unsplashed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of splash¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of splash¹

C18: alteration of _plash ¹

Example Sentences

Attracted by a weak yen, they splashed out the equivalent of $3.7 billion in the third quarter.

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“That isn’t really the case. I saw it for what it was afterwards. While I was in the helicopter, I started looking through the pictures. I thought, ‘Oh, that’s a nice splash of color.’

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But closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces, a snowman with strange facial features, and dogs with the heads of birds all bizarrely splashing through water.

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The brand made a splash when it launched thanks to its eye-popping $100,000 annual membership—a price that makes the current starting rate of $40,000 sound reasonable.

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People of all different ages play and splash in the pool, as if this is normal—as if the pool isn’t as big as a baseball field and holding water the color of algae.

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Related Words

• dash 
• douse 
• drench 
• drown 
• paddle 
• slop 
• slosh 
• soak 
• spatter 
• spray 
• sprinkle 
• squirt 
• strew 
• wade 
• wet