A Topical Dictionary: Search for splash

To hit or agitate liquid.
:* sit and splash in the bathtub
* 1990 October 28, w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, w:The Rhythm of the Saints|The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
*: I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
To splatter or spread around suddenly.
:* water splashed everywhere
To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
:* The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish: loiskuttaa, loiskia

Russian: плескаться (pleskát's'a)

Finnish: roiskua

Russian: расплескаться (rapl'eskát's'a)

Russian: нашуметь (našum'ét')

: chapotear

Category:English ergative verbs Category:Liquids Category:Onomatopoeia

fa:splash fr:splash io:splash hu:splash pt:splash ru:splash ta:splash te:splash vi:splash zh:splash

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Splashing.] [Akin to plash.]
1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
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2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Splash \Splash\, v. i.
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a
way as to spatter.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Splash \Splash\, n.
1. 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.
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2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
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WordNet splash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: plash]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: dab, splatter]
3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering]
4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splashing]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle, splosh]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splosh, slosh, slop]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splosh, swash]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
mountain was splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
[syn: splosh, slosh, slush]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"

Moby Dictionary
ado , asperge , babble , bedabble , bedew , bespatter , bespeckle ,
bespot , besprinkle , birthmark , blaze , blazon , blemish , bloodstain ,
blot , blotch , blur , brand , bravura , brilliancy , brouhaha , bubble ,
burble , caste mark , check , checkmark , cicatrix , commotion , cut ,
cut a dash , cut a figure , cut a swath , dab , dabble , damp , dampen ,
dapple , dappledness , dappleness , daring , dash , daub , dazzle ,
demonstration , dew , discoloration , display , dot , dottedness ,
douche , douse , dramatics , dramatize , drench , drown , earmark , eclat ,
engraving , etalage , excitement , exhibition , exhibitionism , eyesore ,
false front , fanfaronade , flaunt , flaunting , fleck , flick ,
flourish , flyspeck , foam , foofaraw , freckle , freckliness , froth ,
gash , glare , glitter , graving , guggle , gurgle , hack , histrionics ,
hose , hose down , humect , humectate , humidify , impression , irrigate ,
jot , lap , lapping , lentigo , macula , maculate , maculation , macule ,
make a figure , make a show , make a splash , manifestation , mark ,
marking , moisten , mole , mottle , mottledness , nevus , nick , notch ,
paddle , pageant , pageantry , parade , patch , plash , plaster , play up ,
point , pointillage , pointillism , polka dot , prick , puncture , purl ,
ripple , ripple of applause , ripple of laughter , scar ,
scarification , score , scotch , scratch , scratching , sensation , sham ,
shine , show , shower , showing-off , slobber , slop , slosh , smear ,
smirch , smouch , smudge , smut , smutch , soak , sop , sparge , spatter ,
speck , speckle , speckliness , spectacle , spindrift , splatter ,
splosh , splotch , splurge , sponge , spot , spottedness , spottiness ,
spray , spread , sprinkle , spume , spurtle , squirt , staginess , stain ,
stigma , stipple , stippledness , stippling , strawberry mark , swash ,
swish , syringe , taint , tarnish , tattoo , tattoo mark , theatrics ,
throw , tick , tittle , to-do , trill , uproar , vaunt , wash , washing ,
water , watermark , wet , wet down

FOLDOC SPLash!

1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3].

2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers.
Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W
1990.