splash

Splash is defined as to splatter or scatter liquid.

(verb)

An example of splash is jumping into a pool of water.

The definition of a splash is a small amount of something.

(noun)

  1. An example of a splash is a few ounces of soda in an alcoholic cocktail, a splash of soda.
  2. An example of a splash is a red pillow in a room where all other furnishings are while or cream-colored, a splash of color.

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See splash in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to cause (a liquid substance) to scatter and fall in drops or blobs
  2. to dash or scatter a liquid substance, mud, etc. on, so as to wet or soil
  3. to cause to splash a liquid: to splash one's feet in puddles
  4. to make (one's way) by splashing
  5. to mark or spot by or as by splashing: a glade splashed with sunlight
  6. to display conspicuously: scandal splashed all over the front page

Origin: intens. extension of plash

intransitive verb

  1. to dash or scatter a liquid substance about
  2. to fall, strike, or scatter with a splash or splashes: rain splashing against the window
  3. to move with splashes

noun

  1. the act or sound of splashing
  2. a mass of splashed water, mud, etc.
  3. a spot or mark made by or as by splashing
  4. a patch of color, light, etc.
  5. a small amount (of soda water, etc.)
  6. Informal a conspicuous or ostentatious display

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See splash in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb splashed, splash·ing, splash·es
verb, transitive
  1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
  2. To scatter fluid onto in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
  3. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water.
  4. To make (one's way) with or by scattering of fluid.
  5. To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to: a floral pattern that was splashed with pink; moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard.
  6. To display or publicize very noticeably: Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.
verb, intransitive
  1. a. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses: splashed about in the swimming pool.
    b. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect: We splashed through the waves.
  2. a. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.
    b. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.
noun
  1. The act or sound of splashing: went for a splash in the lake; heard the splash of the fish being thrown back.
  2. a. A flying mass of fluid.
    b. A small amount, especially of a fluid: a splash of liqueur on the cake.
  3. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid: a splash of light.
  4. A great though often short-lived impression; a stir: a publicity splash.
Phrasal Verb: splash down To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of plash

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Related Forms:

  • splashˈer noun

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