Splash
[splæʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of scattering water about haphazardly.
(noun.) a patch of bright color; 'her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color'.
(noun.) the sound like water splashing.
(verb.) mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; 'The mountain was splashed with snow'.
(verb.) strike and dash about in a liquid; 'The boys splashed around in the pool'.
(verb.) soil or stain with a splashed liquid.
(verb.) make a splashing sound; 'water was splashing on the floor'.
Checked by Helena--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
(v. t.) To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
(v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
Checked by Alissa
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Plash, dabble in water.
v. a. Dash, spatter, plash.
Edited by Johanna
Definition
v.t. to spatter with water or mud.—v.i. to dabble in water to dash about water or any liquid.—n. water or mud thrown on anything: a spot of dirt a daub: a complexion powder.—ns. Splash′board a guard to keep those in a vehicle from being splashed with mud; Splash′er one who or that which splashes.—adj. Splash′y splashing: wet and muddy: full of dirty water.
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Examples
- It was the splash of a stone in the pond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A somewhat difficult feat, achieved with great dexterity, and with a prodigious splash. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a second splash into the pond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I said to Humphrey long ago, Mr. Brooke is going to make a splash in the mud. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Suddenly I heard a splash in the sea. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I tripped at the edge and went in with a splash. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In a few moments a splash was audible from the pond outside. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was very dark, very wet, very muddy, and so we splashed along. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I shut my eyes and pulled, but the nitric acid splashed all over my face and ran down my back. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was wearing a curious dress of dark silk splashed and spattered with different colours, a curious motley effect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The slaughter was terrible; the blood of the conquered ran down the streets, until men splashed in blood as they rode. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Outside the wind still screamed and the rain splashed and pattered against the windows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Horses, scarcely better; splashed to their very blinkers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But it seemed to collect in a moment, as a crowd will, and in five minutes to have splashed all the sons and daughters of Adam. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The few children made a dismal cheer, as the carriage, splashing mud, drove away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The pace was suddenly checked, and, with much splashing and floundering, a man's voice called from the mist, Is that the Dover mail? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The big wagons were coming on; the dray-horses' huge hoofs were heard splashing in the mud and water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The wind was howling outside, and the rain was beating and splashing against the windows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the street, umbrellas were the only things to be seen, and the clicking of pattens and splashing of rain-drops were the only sounds to be heard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We were out more than a week splashing through the mud, snow and rain, the men suffering very much. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Down banks and up banks, and over gates, and splashing into dikes, and breaking among coarse rushes: no man cared where he went. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Certain splashes of white show in high relief upon his dirty face, and he scrapes his one eyebrow with the handle of the brush. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This big splash over of the Mongolian races westward was probably not the first of such splashes, but it is the first recorded splash. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Everett