English

A splash.

Noun

splash ‎(plural splashes)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

   I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.

2. A small amount of liquid.

   • Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze. - recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and shellfish froth by Chris Morrison

   I felt a splash of rain so put up my hood.

   I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.

3. A small amount (of color).

   The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful

4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.

   There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.

5. An impact or impression.

   The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.

6. (computing, informal) splash screen
   • 2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005

     When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.

7. (wrestling) A body press; A move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.

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• plash

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Verb

splash ‎(third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed)

1. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.

   sit and splash in the bathtub

   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest

2. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.

   water splashed everywhere

3. (transitive) 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.

4. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.

   The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.

5. (transitive) To spend (money)

   After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.

6. To launch a ship.
   • 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:

     In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.

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Related terms

• splish
• splosh