SPLASH
/splæʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- noun the sound like water splashing.
— synonyms: plash
- noun a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event.
— synonyms: stir
- noun a small quantity of something moist or liquid.
— synonyms: dab, splatter
- noun a patch of bright color.
- noun the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
— synonyms: spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering
- noun the act of scattering water about haphazardly.
— synonyms: splashing
- verb cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force.
— synonyms: sprinkle, splosh
- verb walk through mud or mire.
— synonyms: squelch, squish, splosh, slosh, slop
- verb dash a liquid upon or against.
— synonyms: spatter, splatter, plash, splosh, swash
- verb mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture.
- verb make a splashing sound.
— synonyms: splosh, slosh, slush
- verb soil or stain with a splashed liquid.
- verb strike and dash about in a liquid.
Examples
- “I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.”
- “I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.”
- “The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful”
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