Splash

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  • intransitive verb. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
  • intransitive verb. To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses.
  • intransitive verb. To make (one's way) with or by the scattering of fluid.
  • intransitive verb. To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to.
  • intransitive verb. To display or publicize very noticeably.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses.
  • intransitive verb. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses.
  • intransitive verb. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.
  • noun. The act or sound of splashing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A flying mass of fluid.
  • noun. A small amount, especially of a fluid.
  • noun. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid.
  • noun. A great though often short-lived impression; a stir.
  • phrasal verb. To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In lumbering, to drive (logs) by releasing a head of water confined by a splash-dam.
  • To spatter or bespatter, as with water, water and mud, or any other liquid.
  • To dash or throw about in splotches: as, to splash dirty water on one.
  • To accomplish with splashing or plashing.
  • To ornament with splashed decoration.
  • To dabble or spatter about in water or other liquid; dash or spatter water about.
  • To fall with or make a plashing sound.
  • noun. A bird-fanciers' name for an elongate spot of color.
  • noun. A dash; a show; display.
  • Dashing; ostentatious; extravagant.
  • noun. Water or other liquid thrown upon anything.
  • noun. A noise or effect as from water or mud thrown up or dashed about.
  • noun. A spot of dirt or other discoloring or disfiguring matter; a blot; a daub.
  • noun. A spot or plash of color strongly differing from the surrounding color, as on the hide of a horse, cow, or other animal.
  • noun. A complexion-powder, generally the finest rice-flour, used by women to whiten their necks and faces.
  • noun. A shad-wash.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
  • transitive verb. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
  • transitive verb. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  • noun. A small amount of liquid
  • noun. A small amount (of color)
  • noun. A mark or stain made from a small amount a liquid
  • noun. An impact or impression.
  • verb. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  • verb. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
  • verb. to hit or expel liquid at
  • verb. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
  • verb. To spend (money)
  • Word Usage
    "Then, while he was still listening to the unfamiliar echo of his own voice, he heard just behind him a _splash, splash, splash_, and his left arm jerked itself spasmodically from beneath his breast, the hand simultaneously touching a substance that was hard, cold, and slimy."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    begrime  bemire  colly  commotion  cover  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    swatter  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Asch  Ash  Ashe  Bash  Cash  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bang  clatter  crash  creak  flare  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ado  asperge  babble  bedabble  bedew  
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