English Explanatory Dictionary

splash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  2. A small amount of liquid.
  3. A small amount (of color).
  4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
  5. An impact or impression.
  6. A splash screen.
  7. 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.
  8. A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
  9. A large, prominent headline or article.
  10. A splash page.
  11. The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
  12. The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
verb
  1. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  2. (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
  3. To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  4. To hit or expel liquid at.
  5. To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
  6. To spend (money).
  7. To roughly fill with color.
  8. To launch a ship.
  9. To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
  10. To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.

Pronunciation

/splæʃ/ en-us-splash.ogg

Word forms

splash splashes splashing splashed

Etymology

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).

Synonyms

plash splasher jooka ~ jooker nank shank bassy rambo pokey chete ying chef ching chib chive enthrill foin gore gride jab job juke kebab knifecrime lancinate pigstick pink poach run through shiv spear speet splash stab stick stob stog thrust yerk

Related words

splish splosh sploosh

Derived words

antisplash antisplasher backsplash besplash bootsplash dicksplash hull splash make a splash splashable splash about splash-and-dash splash and dash splash-and-go splash around splashback splashboard splash cup splash cymbal splash dam splash damage splash-dash splash down splashdown splasher splash guard splashguard splashingly splash-land splashless splashome splash out splashout splash pad splashpad splash page splash park splash party splash-proof splashproof splash screen splash stick splash text splashy splurge sun-splashed unsplashed upsplash water-splash

Translations

Azerbaijani: sıçramaq Bulgarian: плискам Bulgarian: плискам се Catalan: esguitar Catalan: esquitxar Chinese Mandarin: 濺 /溅 Chinese Mandarin: 潑 /泼 Czech: cákat Czech: šplouchat Dutch: pletsen Dutch: spetteren Finnish: loiskia Finnish: loiskuttaa French: asperger French: éclabousser Galician: batuxar Galician: salpicar German: platschen German: plätschern German: pritscheln German: spritzen Ancient Greek: καχλάζω Hungarian: fröcsköl Hungarian: lubickol Ingrian: šolikkoa Japanese: はね散らす Japanese: し吹く Khmer: ក្រឡក Latin: aspergō Latin: respergō Macedonian: пли́ска Māori: pōhutu Māori: pōhutuhutu Norwegian: plaske Norwegian: skvette Norwegian: stenke Polish: pluskać Portuguese: chapinhar Russian: плеска́ться Russian: бры́згаться Savosavo: ghogho Spanish: chacualear Spanish: chapalear Spanish: chapaletear Spanish: chapotear Spanish: salpicar Swedish: plaska Swedish: stänka Swedish: skvätta Turkish: sıçramak Turkish: sıçratmak Ottoman Turkish: صچرامق Ukrainian: хлюпати Ukrainian: хлю́патися Walloon: spiter Walloon: tchapoter
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