Splash
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of scattering water about haphazardly
(2) The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
(3) A patch of bright color
"Her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"
(4) The sound like water splashing
(5) A small quantity of something moist or liquid
"A dab of paint"
"A splatter of mud"
"Just a splash of whiskey"
(6) A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
"He made a great splash and then disappeared"
verb
(7) Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
"The mountain was splashed with snow"
(8) Dash a liquid upon or against
"The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
(9) Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
"She splashed the water around her"
(10) Strike and dash about in a liquid
"The boys splashed around in the pool"
(11) Soil or stain with a splashed liquid
(12) Walk through mud or mire
"We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
(13) Make a splashing sound
"Water was splashing on the floor"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
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- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
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- An impact or impression.
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- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
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Verb
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
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- sit and splash in the bathtub
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
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- To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
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- water splashed everywhere
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- To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
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- The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
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- To launch a ship.
- 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
- In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
- 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", Atlantic Monthly, March 1999: