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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