Definition

1. Verb:
   • To splash: To cause a liquid or small particles to scatter and fly out in many directions, often suddenly and forcefully, upon impact or contact.
   • To scatter / to disperse: To move or cause to move quickly apart in different directions, often due to surprise or alarm.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chiếc xe máy lao qua vũng nước, làm nước tóe lên khắp đường. (The motorbike sped through the puddle, causing water to splash all over the road.)
  • Quả bóng rơi xuống bùn và tóe bùn lên quần áo tôi. (The ball fell into the mud and splashed mud onto my clothes.)
  • Nghe tiếng động lớn, đàn chim tóe ra từ các cành cây. (Hearing the loud noise, the flock of birds scattered from the branches.)

Advanced Usage

• "tóe lửa": to spark, to emit sparks.

  • Hàn xì khiến kim loại tóe lửa. (Welding causes metal to spark.)

• "tóe máu": to spurt blood.

  • Vết thương sâu khiến máu tóe ra. (The deep wound caused blood to spurt out.)

Variants and Related Words

• Toé ra (v): a common variant spelling and pronunciation of "tóe ra", meaning to splash out or scatter.
• Bắn toé (v): to splatter, to spray out.
  • Mỡ nóng bắn toé trong chảo. (Hot grease splatters in the pan.)

Synonyms

• Splash: To cause a liquid to fly about in drops.
• Spatter: To scatter or splash in small drops.
• Disperse: To go or distribute in different directions.
• Scatter: To throw loosely about.

Related Idioms

• Nói toé khói / Nói toé bọt mép: To talk until one foams at the mouth; to argue or speak vehemently.

  • Ông ấy tranh luận nói toé bọt mép. (He argued until he was foaming at the mouth.)

• Toé hoa đốm: To see stars (after a hit to the head).

  • Té đập đầu, tôi thấy toé hoa đốm. (I fell and hit my head, and I saw stars.)

verb

1. to splash