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splash

/splæʃ/

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What does splash mean?

noun

  1. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  2. A small amount of liquid.
  3. A small amount (of color).
More meanings (20)

noun

  1. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
  2. An impact or impression.
  3. (informal) A splash screen.
  4. 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.
  5. A large, prominent headline or article.
  6. A splash page.
  7. (slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
  8. (slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
  9. (slang) A knife.
  10. (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.

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. (figuratively) To roughly fill with color.
  8. To launch a ship.
  9. (slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
  10. To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
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IPA pronunciation

/splæʃ/

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There was little sound to be heard but the clang of weapons, an occasional screech or splash, and Slightly monotonously counting—five—six—seven—eight—nine—ten—eleven.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
I ran near the water’s edge, and heard every now and then the splash of the feet that gained upon me.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
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A crash and a splash told Mowgli that Bagheera had fought his way to the tank where the monkeys could not follow.
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookProject Gutenberg ebook #236
The raspberry season is also the hour and opportunity for thunder-showers, whose great slanting drops often splash the soil to surprising distances.
Edward Payson RoeThe Home AcreProject Gutenberg ebook #5418
Except for an odd splash of some dark fluid on one of the white-papered walls, the whole place appeared neat, cheerful and ordinary.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204