splash
/splæʃ/
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Definition
Noun:
- The act of scattering liquid: The action of causing a liquid to fly about in drops or small quantities, often with some force.
- A patch of bright color or light: A small, noticeable area of a contrasting color or brightness that adds visual interest.
- A small amount of a liquid: A small quantity of a liquid, often added to something else.
- A brief period of conspicuous attention or publicity: A short-lived but prominent and sensational event or news story.
- The sound of liquid hitting or moving: The noise made by liquid striking a surface or being agitated.
Verb:
- To cause a liquid to scatter: To make a liquid fly about in drops, typically by hitting, moving, or throwing it.
- To move through liquid noisily: To walk, jump, or move in water or mud so that it scatters and makes sound.
- To soil or mark with scattered liquid: To stain or cover something with drops or patches of a liquid or substance.
- To apply or scatter something in patches: To mark, decorate, or overlay with contrasting areas of color or texture.
- To dash a liquid against something: To throw or pour a liquid onto a surface with some force.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The child's jump into the puddle created a huge splash.
- She added a splash of milk to her coffee.
- The artist added a splash of red to the painting.
- The new product launch made a big splash in the tech news.
Verb:
- Please don't splash water on the floor.
- The kids love to splash in the pool.
- The passing car splashed mud all over my clothes.
- The setting sun splashed the sky with orange and pink.
Advanced Usage
"to make a splash": To attract a lot of attention, often for a short time.
- The young designer made a splash with her first fashion show.
"splash out (on something)" (British English, informal): To spend money freely or extravagantly on something.
- They splashed out on a luxury vacation.
Variants and Related Words
Splashy (adj): Conspicuously attractive or colorful; making a splash.
- The magazine had a splashy cover.
Splasher (n): A person or thing that splashes; a protective guard against splashes.
Synonyms
- Noun: Spatter, burst, dab, spot, sensation.
- Verb: Spatter, splatter, slosh, plash, dabble.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Splash down: (Of a spacecraft) to land on water.
- The capsule is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
Splash about/around: To play or move vigorously in water.
- The children were splashing about in the shallow end.
Related Idioms
Make a splash: To do something that gets a lot of public attention.
- His controversial book really made a splash.
A splash of color: A small but bright and noticeable area of color.
- The yellow cushions provide a splash of color in the grey room.
Noun
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- a patch of bright color
- her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- a dab of paint
- a splatter of mud
- just a splash of whiskey
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- he made a great splash and then disappeared
- the sound like water splashing
Verb
- strike and dash about in a liquid
- The boys splashed around in the pool
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- make a splashing sound
- water was splashing on the floor
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
- The mountain was splashed with snow
- dash a liquid upon or against
- The mother splashed the baby's face with water
- walk through mud or mire
- We had to splosh across the wet meadow
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- She splashed the water around her