Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
- intransitive verb To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
- intransitive verb To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses.
- intransitive verb To make (one's way) with or by the scattering of fluid.
- intransitive verb To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to.
- intransitive verb To display or publicize very noticeably.
- intransitive verb To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses.
- intransitive verb To fall into or move through fluid with this effect.
- intransitive verb To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses.
- intransitive verb To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.
- noun The act or sound of splashing.
- noun A flying mass of fluid.
- noun A small amount, especially of a fluid.
- noun A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid.
- noun A great though often short-lived impression; a stir.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In lumbering, to drive (logs) by releasing a head of water confined by a splash-dam.
- 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.
- noun A bird-fanciers' name for an elongate spot of color.
- noun A dash; a show; display.
- Dashing; ostentatious; extravagant.
- noun Water or other liquid thrown upon anything.
- noun A noise or effect as from water or mud thrown up or dashed about.
- noun A spot of dirt or other discoloring or disfiguring matter; a blot; a daub.
- noun A spot or plash of color strongly differing from the surrounding color, as on the hide of a horse, cow, or other animal.
- noun A complexion-powder, generally the finest rice-flour, used by women to whiten their necks and faces.
- noun A shad-wash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
- noun 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.
- noun A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
- transitive verb To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
- transitive verb To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun onomatopoeia The sound made by an object hitting a
liquid . - noun A small amount of liquid
- noun A small amount (of color)
- noun A mark or stain made from a small amount a liquid
- noun An
impact orimpression . - verb To hit or
agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. - verb To disperse a fluid suddenly; to
splatter . - verb transitive to hit or expel liquid at
- verb To create an impact or
impression ; to print, post orpublicize prominently . - verb transitive To
spend (money)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Then, while he was still listening to the unfamiliar echo of his own voice, he heard just behind him a _splash, splash, splash_, and his left arm jerked itself spasmodically from beneath his breast, the hand simultaneously touching a substance that was hard, cold, and slimy.
Adventures in Many Lands Various
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The alarm was taken by half a dozen more, and by the time the two boys were afoot and had seized their weapons -- _splash, splash, splash_!
Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days George Manville Fenn 1870
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_Splash, splash, splash_, and then the dog's progress seemed to be checked, as the boys followed into a pool of water which filled all the tunnel to the sides.
Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea George Manville Fenn 1870
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"I also have an anti-glare screen I can attach to my LCD monitor, which I call my splash guard," admitted Jenny.
The Toque 2009
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"I also have an anti-glare screen I can attach to my LCD monitor, which I call my splash guard," admitted Jenny.
The Toque 2009
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"I also have an anti-glare screen I can attach to my LCD monitor, which I call my splash guard," admitted Jenny.
The Toque 2009
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To that, I say: Even a form "splash" is better than no "splash" at all.
Denny Dressman: The Decline of Common Courtesy Denny Dressman 2010
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To that, I say: Even a form "splash" is better than no "splash" at all.
Denny Dressman: The Decline of Common Courtesy Denny Dressman 2010
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To that, I say: Even a form "splash" is better than no "splash" at all.
Denny Dressman: The Decline of Common Courtesy Denny Dressman 2010
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To that, I say: Even a form "splash" is better than no "splash" at all.
Denny Dressman: The Decline of Common Courtesy Denny Dressman 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word splash
A type of overo, splash paints have white heads, blue eyes, and white markings on their legs and underbellies. Their backs are usually solid in color.
November 14, 2022