splash
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.