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splash Definition

splash (splas̸h)

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

Etymology: 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

splash Related Forms
splash′er noun
splash Idioms

make a splash

Informal to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking or ostentatious

splash Synonyms

splash

n.

plash, plop, dash, spatter, sprinkle, spray, slosh, slop.

make a splash*

show off*, do something big, get results*; see succeed 1.

splash Synonyms

splash

v.

dash, splatter, bespatter, dabble, plash, get wet, throw; see also moisten.

splash Usage Examples

Object

  • fountain: Beautiful gardens, 4 inviting pools and splashing fountains grace the public grounds.
  • cash: Splash the cash in the Big Apple with this exhilarating trip of a lifetime.

Converse of object

  • tile: Shower Room: With shower cubicle having sliding door, hand basin with tiled splash back, strip light, shaver socket.
  • add: Don't be afraid to add a splash of color.

Preposition: through

  • puddle: As we splashed through puddles and trudged through mud, I struck up a conversation, having clocked the Clash badge on her coat.

Adjective modifier

  • vivid: Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of color on the white ground, ravens circling above.
  • loud: A man walking his dog heard a loud splash nearby and is positive he saw a man in the water.
  • bold: This exciting variety of dogwood provides a bold splash of color in winter.
  • big: Being heavy wouldn't matter; the bigger splash the better.

Modifies a noun

  • screen: Help Menu The Help Menu Help - About Displays the splash screen.
  • zone: Few marine animals survive in the splash zone on exposed shores.
  • pool: There is a special splash pool for young children.
  • guard: A piece of flat alloy was cut to match the shape of the rubber splash guard supplied with the meter.
  • proof: The complete assembly is manufactured from food grade materials and is splash proof.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: The idea of splashing around in one's water supply!
  • out: Tonight, why not splash out at a Parisian cabaret?

Preposition: in

  • puddle: And then I think about that kid and I tell him to wrap up warm and splash about in the puddles.

Preposition: of

  • vinegar: If you're desperate for dressing, use a fat- or oil-free dressing, or a splash of balsamic vinegar.
  • color: For a splash of color go for simple summer bedding plants which you can buy straight away from your local garden center.

Preposition: with

  • shopper: This year, Wallace Walrus, Plato Platypus and Crocket Crocodile are sure to make a splash with shoppers.

Browse dictionary entries near splash

  1. ‹ splanchnology
  2. ‹ splanchno-
  3. ‹ splanchnic
  4. ‹ spiv
  5. ‹ Spitzer, Eliot
  6. ‹ spitz
  7. ‹ spittoon
  8. ‹ spittlebug
  9. ‹ spittle
  10. ‹ spitting image
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