splash

IPA: spɫˈæʃ

noun

  • (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  • A small amount of liquid.
  • A small amount (of color).
  • A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
  • An impact or impression.
  • (computing, informal) A splash screen.
  • (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
  • (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
  • (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
  • (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
  • (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
  • (MLE, slang) A knife.

verb

  • To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  • To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
  • (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
  • To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
  • (transitive) To spend (money).
  • (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
  • (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
  • (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
  • (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
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Examples of "splash" in Sentences

  • What is it that just splashed
  • The girl splashed in the river.
  • He heard the splashing of water.
  • There was a splash of water in the face.
  • Anyway, splashing grease is not the issue.
  • Avoid splashing and contact with the skin.
  • There was splashing limpid waters nearby the river.
  • I looked over the cliff into the white water splashing down below.
  • Someone splashed him from the water and his inhaler got a little wet.
  • Maleficent also dies as the water splashes with a large firework bang.

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