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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
Wahlberg’s new property purchase comes just a few months after he made an incredibly lucrative sale—offloading his illustrious Beverly Hills estate to fellow celebrity Paris Hilton, who splashed out $63.1 million for the property.
The mystery has deepened this month as Spanish newspapers have splashed stories on their pages, saying police are treating Jonathan as an “investigado,” or person under investigation.
One is 10 actual examples of these memorials, several monumental in size and many splashed with protesters’ paint.
Side’s other projects also jarred: One Instagram video featured Side splashing fake banknotes on a scantily clad dancer in a black-lit room.
Bringing that duality introduced a style that was both fresh and ancestral into a pop music scene still defined by the electronic splash of New Jack Swing artists like Boyz II Men, Saadiq’s group Tony!
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