Splash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
  • v. To scatter fluid onto in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
  • v. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water.
  • v. To make (one's way) with or by scattering of fluid.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To display or publicize very noticeably: Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.
  • verb-intransitive. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses: splashed about in the swimming pool.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect: We splashed through the waves.
  • verb-intransitive. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.
  • n. The act or sound of splashing: went for a splash in the lake; heard the splash of the fish being thrown back.
  • n. A flying mass of fluid.
  • n. A small amount, especially of a fluid: a splash of liqueur on the cake.
  • n. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid: a splash of light.
  • n. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  • n. A small amount of liquid
  • n. A small amount (of color)
  • n. A mark or stain made from a small amount a liquid
  • n. An impact or impression.
  • v. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  • v. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
  • v. to hit or expel liquid at
  • v. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
  • v. To spend (money)
  • v. To launch a ship.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
  • v. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
  • verb-intransitive. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
  • n. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
  • n. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To spatter or bespatter, as with water, water and mud, or any other liquid.
  • To dash or throw about in splotches: as, to splash dirty water on one.
  • To accomplish with splashing or plashing.
  • To ornament with splashed decoration.
  • To dabble or spatter about in water or other liquid; dash or spatter water about.
  • To fall with or make a plashing sound.
  • n. Water or other liquid thrown upon anything.
  • n. A noise or effect as from water or mud thrown up or dashed about.
  • n. A spot of dirt or other discoloring or disfiguring matter; a blot; a daub.
  • n. A spot or plash of color strongly differing from the surrounding color, as on the hide of a horse, cow, or other animal.
  • n. A complexion-powder, generally the finest rice-flour, used by women to whiten their necks and faces.
  • n. A shad-wash.
  • In lumbering, to drive (logs) by releasing a head of water confined by a splash-dam.
  • n. A bird-fanciers' name for an elongate spot of color.
  • n. A dash; a show; display.
  • Dashing; ostentatious; extravagant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. soil or stain with a splashed liquid
  • n. the act of scattering water about haphazardly
  • v. dash a liquid upon or against
  • n. a patch of bright color
  • n. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
  • v. mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
  • n. a small quantity of something moist or liquid
  • v. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
  • v. walk through mud or mire
  • n. the sound like water splashing
  • n. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
  • v. strike and dash about in a liquid
  • v. make a splashing sound
  • Verb Form
    splashed    splashes    splashing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bemire    dirty    begrime    colly    grime    soil    wetting    dapple    maculation    speckle   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    swatter   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wet    plash    splurge    splodge    splotter    slush    spatter    dabble    swash    swish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Asch    Ash    Ashe    Bash    Cash    Flash    Nash    Tash    abash    ash   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    thud    swirl    hiss    roar    clatter    rush    groan    rumble    ripple    crash