splash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /splæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: splashes
form: splashing
form: splashed
form: splashed
Etymology: Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).
Senses: examples: text: sit and splash in the bathtub
text: I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
ref: 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.:
glosses: To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
examples: text: Water splashed everywhere.
glosses: (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
examples: text: She splashed water onto her face.
text: I accidentally splashed some coffee on my keyboard.
glosses: To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
examples: text: The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
text: When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
glosses: To hit or expel liquid at.
examples: text: The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
text: The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline -- "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin.
ref: 1978 April 8, Eric Rogers, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
text: Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page
ref: 2012, Taylor Swift, “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version), published 2021:
glosses: To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
examples: text: After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
glosses: To spend (money).
examples: text: This was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic restrictions were lifted.
ref: 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To roughly fill with color.
examples: text: In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
ref: 1999 March, David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea": Atlantic Monthly:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To launch a ship.
examples: text: Planes were sighted at about 5000 yards, fire was opened at 4500 yards; the first plane was splashed about 1800 yards from the ship, the second was splashed about 3000 yards from the ship and rudder shifted to hard right.
ref: 2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 234:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
examples: text: Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket
Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket
ref: 2017 October 18, “Panic”, Knockoutned (lyrics), performed by #Moscow17 Ruth x Knockoutned:
synonyms: word: chef
word: ching
word: chef
word: chib
word: ching
word: chive
word: enthrill
word: foin
word: gore
word: gride
word: jab
word: job
word: juke
word: kebab
word: knifecrime
word: lancinate
word: pigstick
word: pink
word: poach
word: run through
word: shank
word: shiv
word: spear
word: speet
word: splash
word: stab
word: stick
word: stob
word: stog
word: thrust
word: yerk
glosses: To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
Derived terms: hull splash
make a splash
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
splash-land
splash out
splash pad
splashpad
splash page
splash park
splash party
splashproof
splash-proof
splash screen
splash stick
splash text
splashy
sun-splashed
water-splash
Related terms: english: small splash
translation: small splash
word: splish
english: large splash
translation: large splash
word: splosh
english: larger splash
translation: larger splash
word: sploosh