Definition

1. Verb:
   • To splash, to splatter, to scatter: To cause a liquid, powder, or small particles to fly or spread out in many directions, often suddenly and forcefully, creating a messy or dispersed effect.
   • To spill out in a scattered manner: To fall or be thrown so that items are dispersed over a wide area.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Xe chạy qua làm nước bùn bắn tung toé. (The car drove through, causing the muddy water to splash everywhere.)
  • Đứa trẻ làm đổ hộp ngũ cốc, và nó rơi tung toé ra sàn. (The child knocked over the cereal box, and it spilled out all over the floor.)
  • Pháo hoa nổ tung toé ánh sáng trên bầu trời. (The fireworks exploded, scattering light across the sky.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize a sudden, uncontrolled, and widespread dispersal, often with a sense of messiness or lack of containment.
  • Tin đồn được tung toé khắp nơi trong cộng đồng. (The rumor was splattered all over the community.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tung tóe: A common alternate spelling with the same meaning.
• Bắn tung toé (v phrase): to shoot/splash so that it scatters.
  • Nước nóng bắn tung toé từ nồi. (Hot water splattered from the pot.)

Synonyms

• Splatter: To splash with a spattering sound.
• Scatter: To throw or spread things loosely over an area.
• Spray: To disperse liquid in a shower of small droplets.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Làm tung toé: to cause to splatter/scatter.
  • Một viên đá ném xuống nước làm nó tung toé. (A stone thrown into the water made it splash.)
• Tung toé mọi nơi: scattered/splattered all over the place.
  • Sơn màu xanh bị đổ tung toé mọi nơi trong ga-ra. (Blue paint was spilled and splattered all over the garage.)