splash
/splæʃ/ verb A2- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. · sit and splash in the bathtub
- (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter. · Water splashed everywhere.
- To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. · She splashed water onto her face.· I accidentally splashed some coffee on my keyboard.
- To hit or expel liquid at. · The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.· When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently. · The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
- To spend (money). · After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
- To roughly fill with color.
- To launch a ship.
He/she/it splashes · Past splashed · Past participle splashed · -ing form splashing
Verb forms
- Base form
- splash
- He/she/it
- splashes
- Past
- splashed
- Past participle
- splashed
- -ing form
- splashing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It was a well used Rudge-Whitworth, splashed as from a considerable journey.
Dantès in his cell heard the noise of preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been inaudible to any but the ear of a prisoner, who could hear the splash of the drop of water that every hour fell from the roof of his dungeon.
Has a white splash of acid upon his forehead.”
Rachel came, wandering at her own sweet will through the lush, tremulous grasses splashed with ruddy evening sunshine; so that good lady had an excellent chance to talk her illness fully over, describing every ache and pulse beat with such evident enjoyment that Marilla thought even grippe must bring its compensations.
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