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
- To that, I say: Even a form "splash" is better than no "splash" at all.
- "I also have an anti-glare screen I can attach to my LCD monitor, which I call my splash guard," admitted Jenny.
- 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_!
- _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.
- 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.
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