Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Splashingly, Scatteringly: Describes the manner in which small particles or droplets of a substance (like water, mud, grains) are thrown or spread forcefully and widely in many directions.
   • All over the place: Indicates something being dispersed or scattered messily over a broad area.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Nước mưa bắn tung tóe lên quần áo. (The rainwater splashed all over the clothes.)
  • Đứa trẻ làm đổ sữa, văng tung tóe trên sàn nhà. (The child spilled the milk, splattering it on the floor.)
  • Hạt thóc rơi tung tóe ra khắp sân. (The rice grains scattered all over the yard.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize a messy, uncontrolled, and widespread dispersion, often as a result of impact, force, or carelessness.
  • Quả bom nổ, mảnh vỡ bay tung tóe. (The bomb exploded, sending fragments flying everywhere.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tung tăng (v): to frolic, to run about playfully. (Note: This is a different word describing lively movement, not scattering.)
• Bắn tung tóe (verb phrase): to splash or splatter something forcefully.
  • Xe đi qua vũng nước, bắn tung tóe bùn. (The car went through the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.)

Synonyms

• Splatteringly: In a manner that causes liquid to splash.
• Scatteringly: Spreading widely in different directions.
• Messily: In a disordered, untidy way.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Làm tung tóe: to make a mess by scattering.
  • Đừng làm tung tóe đồ chơi ra sàn. (Don't scatter the toys messily on the floor.)
• Văng tung tóe: to be sent flying in all directions.
  • Bùn đất văng tung tóe từ bánh xe. (Mud was flung in all directions from the wheels.)

adv

1. splashingly, all around