splash

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the sound like water splashing

Similar word(s): plash

Definition categories: event, noise

2. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

- he made a great splash and then disappeared

Similar word(s): stir

Definition categories: state, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, kerfuffle

3. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

- just a splash of whiskey

Similar word(s): dab, splatter

Definition categories: quantity

4. a patch of bright color

- her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color

Definition categories: attribute, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot

5. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

Similar word(s): spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering

Definition categories: act, painting

6. the act of scattering water about haphazardly

Similar word(s): splashing

Definition categories: act, wetting

Sentences with splash as a noun:

- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.

- I felt a splash of rain so put up my hood.

- I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.

- The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful

- There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.

- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.

verb

1. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

- She splashed the water around her

Similar word(s): splosh, sprinkle

Definition categories: contact, disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

2. walk through mud or mire

Similar word(s): slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish

Definition categories: motion, footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge

3. dash a liquid upon or against

- The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Similar word(s): plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash

Definition categories: contact, disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

4. mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

- The mountain was splashed with snow

Definition categories: contact, cover, overlay

5. make a splashing sound

- water was splashing on the floor

Similar word(s): slosh, slush, splosh

Definition categories: perception, go, sound

6. soil or stain with a splashed liquid

Definition categories: contact, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil

7. strike and dash about in a liquid

- The boys splashed around in the pool

Definition categories: contact

Sentences with splash as a verb:

- sit and splash in the bathtub

- water splashed everywhere

- The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.

- When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.

- The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.

- After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.