splash
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: comics
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sports
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war
wrestling
Etymology: Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).
Inflected forms:
form: splashes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: splashes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: splashing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: splashed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: splashed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
pos: noun
tags: onomatopoeic
examples: I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
gloss: A small amount of liquid.
pos: noun
examples: I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze.
gloss: A small amount (of color).
pos: noun
examples: The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
gloss: A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
pos: noun
examples: There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
gloss: An impact or impression.
pos: noun
examples: The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
gloss: A splash screen.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A large, prominent headline or article.
pos: noun
examples: So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.
After the brouhaha and the newspaper headline splashes, each of these contentious items would simply die its own quiet death to be replaced by a newer scandal: […]
gloss: A splash page.
pos: noun
gloss: The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.
gloss: The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: Jojo caught up and gave him a splash
Slap that wap, get rid of them plats
gloss: A knife.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: You grip your splash for fashion—me and you, we ain’t got the same intentions.
gloss: To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: sit and splash in the bathtub
I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
gloss: (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Water splashed everywhere.
gloss: To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She splashed water onto her face.
I accidentally splashed some coffee on my keyboard.
gloss: To hit or expel liquid at.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
gloss: To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
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.
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
gloss: To spend (money).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
gloss: To roughly fill with color.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: 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.
gloss: To launch a ship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: 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.
gloss: To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
pos: verb
tags: Multicultural-London-English
transitive
examples: Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket
Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket
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:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sıçramaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: плискам
roman: pliskam
lang: Bulgarian
word: плискам се
roman: pliskam se
lang: Catalan
word: esguitar
lang: Catalan
word: esquitxar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 濺 /溅
roman: jiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 潑 /泼
roman: pō
lang: Czech
word: cákat
lang: Czech
word: šplouchat
lang: Dutch
word: pletsen
lang: Dutch
word: spetteren
lang: Finnish
word: loiskia
lang: Finnish
word: loiskuttaa
lang: French
word: asperger
lang: French
word: éclabousser
lang: Galician
word: batuxar
lang: Galician
word: salpicar
lang: German
word: platschen
lang: German
word: plätschern
lang: German
word: pritscheln
lang: German
word: spritzen
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καχλάζω
roman: kakhlázō
lang: Hungarian
word: fröcsköl
lang: Hungarian
word: lubickol
lang: Ingrian
word: šolikkoa
lang: Japanese
word: はね散らす
roman: hanechirasu
lang: Japanese
word: し吹く
roman: shibuku
lang: Khmer
word: ក្រឡក
roman: krâlâk
lang: Latin
word: aspergō
lang: Latin
word: respergō
lang: Macedonian
word: пли́ска
roman: plíska
lang: Māori
word: pōhutu
lang: Māori
word: pōhutuhutu
lang: Norwegian
word: plaske
lang: Norwegian
word: skvette
lang: Norwegian
word: stenke
lang: Polish
word: pluskać
lang: Portuguese
word: chapinhar
lang: Russian
word: плеска́ться
roman: pleskátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: бры́згаться
roman: brýzgatʹsja
lang: Savosavo
word: ghogho
lang: Spanish
word: chacualear
lang: Spanish
word: chapalear
lang: Spanish
word: chapaletear
lang: Spanish
word: chapotear
lang: Spanish
word: salpicar
lang: Swedish
word: plaska
lang: Swedish
word: stänka
lang: Swedish
word: skvätta
lang: Turkish
word: sıçramak
lang: Turkish
word: sıçratmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صچرامق
roman: sıçramak
lang: Ukrainian
word: хлюпати
roman: xljupaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: хлю́патися
roman: xljúpatysja
lang: Walloon
word: spiter
lang: Walloon
word: tchapoter