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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Splash

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Splash has 6 senses

splash(n = noun.event) plash - the sound like water splashing; Array

is a kind of noise

has particulars: splat

Derived forms verb splash₃, verb splash₁, verb splash₅, adjective splashy₁

splash(n = noun.state) stir - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared"

is a kind of commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do

Derived form adjective splashy₂

splash(n = noun.quantity) dab, splatter - a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey"

is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

Derived form verb splash₄

splash(n = noun.attribute) Array - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"

Derived form adjective splashy₃

splash(n = noun.act) spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering - the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; Array

is a kind of painting

Derived forms verb splash₃, verb splash₁, verb splash₆

splash(n = noun.act) splashing - the act of scattering water about haphazardly; Array

is a kind of wetting

Derived forms verb splash₃, verb splash₁, verb splash₆

Verb Splash has 7 senses

splash(v = verb.contact) splosh, sprinkle - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"

is one way to disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

Derived forms noun splash₆, noun splash₅, noun splash₁, noun splashing₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

splash(v = verb.motion) slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

is one way to footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

splash(v = verb.contact) plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

is one way to disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

Derived forms noun splash₆, noun splash₅, noun splash₁, noun splashing₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

splash(v = verb.contact) Array - mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow"

is one way to

cover

overlay

Derived form noun splash₃

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

splash(v = verb.perception) slosh, slush, splosh - make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"

is one way to go, sound

Derived form noun splash₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

splash(v = verb.contact) Array - soil or stain with a splashed liquid; Array

Derived forms noun splash₆, noun splash₅

Sample sentence:
They Splash the bread with melted butter

splash(v = verb.contact) Array - strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool"

Derived form noun

splashing₂

Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Splash, v. t. [Akin to plash.].

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. [1913 Webster]
To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet. [1913 Webster]

Splash, v. i.

To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter. [1913 Webster]

Splash, 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. [1913 Webster]
A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Splash, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. spatter or cause (liquid) to spatter in small drops.
2 tr. cause (a person) to be spattered with liquid etc. (splashed them with mud).
3 intr. a (of a person) cause liquid to spatter (was splashing about in the bath). b (usu. foll. by across, along, etc.) move while spattering liquid etc. (splashed across the carpet in his boots). c step, fall, or plunge etc. into a liquid etc. so as to cause a splash (splashed into the sea).
4 tr. display (news) prominently.
5 tr. decorate with scattered colour.
6 tr. spend (money) ostentatiously.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of splashing.
2 a a quantity of liquid splashed. b the resulting noise (heard a splash).
3 a spot of dirt etc. splashed on to a thing.
4 a prominent news feature etc.
5 a daub or patch of colour, esp. on an animal's coat.
6 Brit. colloq. a small quantity of liquid, esp. of soda water etc. to dilute spirits.

Idiom

make a splash attract much attention, esp. by extravagance. splash out colloq. spend money freely.

Derivative

splashy adj. (splashier, splashiest).

Etymology

alt. of PLASH(1)

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THESAURUS

Splash

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

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ROGET THESAURUS

Splash

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Ostentation

N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.

River

N river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct, flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.

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