adjective
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having irregular marks
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informal done to attract attention or make a sensation; showy
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making a splash or splashes
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Origin of splashy
Example Sentences
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No exclusive television interview or splashy magazine profile has ever matched the raw personhood of her actual music.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Dolan pursued splashy signings and big-name hires for the Knicks to no avail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
For decades, fame seemed to be the only guarantee for a quick, splashy, and profitable home sale.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
They had balloons, baseball caps and a splashy video.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Their van is hard to miss, with the satellite dish on the roof and the splashy logo of one of the Denver stations painted on the side.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
While the home served as Gomez’s primary residence for several years, she and her husband have since moved on to an even splashier dwelling.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
And his salary could be repurposed if the team were to make a splashier free-agent signing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
In general, cold water sounds brighter and splashier, while hot water sounds duller and frothier.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
That’s still possible, even without the splashier names.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
Although the PC chip entry was the splashiest announcement at Computex for Nvidia, it is an unproven market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Brunson’s wasn’t even the splashiest purchase in New York that year: A few months before the Knicks spent $104 million on him, Christie’s sold a Warhol at an auction for almost $200 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
And while acquiring a Big Five publisher marks private equity’s splashiest foray yet into publishing, KKR’s deal is far from that industry’s first in publishing.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023
The 1930 film was the splashiest and probably the best World War I movie of its time, but it wasn’t the first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Sure enough, Seattle swept the best-of-three wild-card series in Toronto — after which Hernandez was traded to the Mariners in November in the M’s splashiest offseason move.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
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