SPLASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splash mean? 

• SPLASH (noun)
  The noun SPLASH has 6 senses:

1. the sound like water splashing

2. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

3. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

4. a patch of bright color

5. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

6. the act of scattering water about haphazardly

  Familiarity information: SPLASH used as a noun is common.

• SPLASH (verb)
  The verb SPLASH has 7 senses:

1. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

2. walk through mud or mire

3. dash a liquid upon or against

4. mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

5. make a splashing sound

6. soil or stain with a splashed liquid

7. strike and dash about in a liquid

  Familiarity information: SPLASH used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound like water splashing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

plash; splash

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "splash"):

splat (a single splash)

Derivation:

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (make a splashing sound)

splashy (characterized by water flying about haphazardly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

splash; stir

Context example:

he made a great splash and then disappeared

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Derivation:

splashy (marked by ostentation but often tasteless)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small quantity of something moist or liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dab; splash; splatter

Context example:

just a splash of whiskey

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Derivation:

splash (mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A patch of bright color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)

Derivation:

splashy (covered with patches of bright color)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)

Derivation:

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of scattering water about haphazardly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

splash; splashing

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

• SPLASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they splash    ... he / she / it splashes   
Past simple: splashed   
Past participle: splashed   
-ing form: splashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

splash; splosh; sprinkle

Context example:

She splashed the water around her

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

salt (sprinkle as if with salt)

drizzle; moisten (moisten with fine drops)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

splash (the sound like water splashing)

splashing (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk through mud or mire

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish

Context example:

We had to splosh across the wet meadow

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Context example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

splash (the sound like water splashing)

splashing (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The mountain was splashed with snow

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

cover; overlay (put something on top of something else)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

splash (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make a splashing sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

slosh; slush; splash; splosh

Context example:

water was splashing on the floor

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

splash (the sound like water splashing)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Soil or stain with a splashed liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They splash the bread with melted butter

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Strike and dash about in a liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The boys splashed around in the pool

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

swatter (splash and flutter about in or as if in water)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

splashing (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

 Context examples 

You are splashed getting in and getting out; and the wind takes your hair and your bonnet in every direction.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Has a white splash of acid upon his forehead.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he struck a rock, bounded off, and splashed into the water.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So he jumped in; splash! went the water; it sounded as if he were calling them, and the whole crowd plunged in after him as one man.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You observe that you have some splashes on the left sleeve and shoulder of your coat.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Through this the horses splashed their way, and on the farther shore Sir Nigel announced to them that they were now within the borders of the land of France.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He began to shake as with an ague-fit, till the gun fell from his hand with a splash.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During CRAND, cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere collide with neutral atoms, creating a splash that produces charged particles, including electrons, that become trapped by Earth's magnetic field.

(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)

At the same time, I observed, around both of them, splashes of dark blood upon the planks and began to feel sure that they had killed each other in their drunken wrath.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)