'Splash' definitions:
Definition of 'splash'
From: WordNet
noun
The sound like water splashing [syn: splash, plash]
noun
A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: stir, splash]
noun
A small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn: dab, splash, splatter]
noun
A patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"
noun
The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering]
noun
The act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splash, splashing]
verb
Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle, splash, splosh]
verb
Walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop]
verb
Dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]
verb
Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow"
verb
verb
Soil or stain with a splashed liquid
verb
Strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool"
Definition of 'Splash'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Splash'
From: GCIDE
- Splash \Splash\, v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Splash'
From: GCIDE
- Splash \Splash\, n.
- 1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'splash'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- asperge,
- babble,
- bedabble,
- bedew,
- bespatter,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- besprinkle,
- birthmark,
- blaze,
- blazon,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blur,
- brand,
- bravura,
- brilliancy,
- brouhaha,
- bubble,
- burble,
- caste mark,
- check,
- checkmark,
- cicatrix,
- commotion,
- cut,
- cut a dash,
- cut a figure,
- cut a swath,
- dab,
- dabble,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dapple,
- dappledness,
- dappleness,
- daring,
- dash,
- daub,
- dazzle,
- demonstration,
- dew,
- discoloration,
- display,
- dot,
- dottedness,
- douche,
- douse,
- dramatics,
- dramatize,
- drench,
- drown,
- earmark,
- eclat,
- engraving,
- etalage,
- excitement,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- eyesore,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flourish,
- flyspeck,
- foam,
- foofaraw,
- freckle,
- freckliness,
- froth,
- gash,
- glare,
- glitter,
- graving,
- guggle,
- gurgle,
- hack,
- histrionics,
- hose,
- hose down,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- impression,
- irrigate,
- jot,
- lap,
- lapping,
- lentigo,
- macula,
- maculate,
- maculation,
- macule,
- make a figure,
- make a show,
- make a splash,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- marking,
- moisten,
- mole,
- mottle,
- mottledness,
- nevus,
- nick,
- notch,
- paddle,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- parade,
- patch,
- plash,
- plaster,
- play up,
- point,
- pointillage,
- pointillism,
- polka dot,
- prick,
- puncture,
- purl,
- ripple,
- ripple of applause,
- ripple of laughter,
- scar,
- scarification,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- sensation,
- sham,
- shine,
- show,
- shower,
- showing-off,
- slobber,
- slop,
- slosh,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soak,
- sop,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- speckliness,
- spectacle,
- spindrift,
- splatter,
- splosh,
- splotch,
- splurge,
- sponge,
- spot,
- spottedness,
- spottiness,
- spray,
- spread,
- sprinkle,
- spume,
- spurtle,
- squirt,
- staginess,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stipple,
- stippledness,
- stippling,
- strawberry mark,
- swash,
- swish,
- syringe,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- theatrics,
- throw,
- tick,
- tittle,
- to-do,
- trill,
- uproar,
- vaunt,
- wash,
- washing,
- water,
- watermark,
- wet,
- wet down