splash
/splæʃ/
splash noun: the sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
Noun
splash (plural splashes)
- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
- A small amount of liquid.
- I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
- I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
- Synonyms:
- plash
- A small amount (of color).
- The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
- 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.
- An impact or impression.
- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
- A splash screen.
- When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
- 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.
- A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
- A large, prominent headline or article.
- So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.2006, Bob Franklin, Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News
- After the brouhaha and the newspaper headline splashes, each of these contentious items would simply die its own quiet death to be replaced by a newer scandal: […]2019, Victoria Hoffarth, When Turtles Come Home, page 69
- A splash page.
- The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 267
- The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- Jojo caught up and gave him a splash
Slap that wap, get rid of them plats2020 July 2, “Stop Check”, Td of TPL (lyrics), 1:52–1:56
- Jojo caught up and gave him a splash
- A knife.
- You grip your splash for fashion—me and you, we ain’t got the same intentions.2021 August 13, #CO CMoney, “Don’t Ask”, 2:51–2:53
Verb
splash (third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed)
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- sit and splash in the bathtub
- I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- (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.
- The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline -- "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin.1978 April 8, Eric Rogers, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, page 5
- To spend (money).
- After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
- To roughly fill with color.
- This was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic...2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport
- To launch a ship.
- 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.1999 March, David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea": Atlantic Monthly
- To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- Planes were sighted at about 5000 yards, fire was opened at 4500 yards; the first plane was splashed about 1800 yards from the ship, the second was splashed about 3000 yards from the ship and rudder shifted to hard right.2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 234
- To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket
Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket2017 October 18, “Panic”, Knockoutned (lyrics), performed by #Moscow17 Ruth x Knockoutned
- Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket
splash meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
splash in Hindi
- sound made by an object hitting a liquid
- छपाक chapāk
splash in Tamil
- தெறி, தெறிப்பு, விசிறி அடிப்பு
splash in Marathi
- small amount of liquid
- शिंतोडा śintoḍā
splash in Urdu
- چھینٹا, پچ پچ
More languagesFewer languages
- splash in Bengali
- ছিটানো, ঝপঝপ শব্দে পড়া
- splash in Telugu
- స్ప్లాష్, స్ప్లాష్ చేయండి, స్ప్లాష్ చెయ్యడానికి
- splash in Malayalam
- തെറിക്കുക teṟikkuka
- splash in Kannada
- ಎರಚುವುದು, ಅಪ್ಪಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಮಚ್ಚೆ, ಸಿಡಿತದ ಕೊಳೆ
- splash in Punjabi
- ਸਪਲੈਸ਼, ਸਪਲੈਸ਼ ਕਰੋ
- splash in Gujarati
- સ્પ્લેશ, સ્પ્લેશ કરો, સ્પ્લેશ કરવા માટે
- splash in Odia
- ସ୍ପ୍ଲାଶ୍, ସ୍ପ୍ଲାଶ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ସ୍ପ୍ଲାସ୍
- splash in Assamese
- ছিটা sita, ছিটিকনি sitikoni
- splash in Nepali
- स्प्ल्यास, स्प्ल्याश, स्प्लास
- splash in Malay
- cebar-cebur
- splash in Vietnamese
- tùm, ùm, tõm, tung toé
Examples of splash in a sentence
- 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.2014 August 17 (last accessed), Chris Morrison, “recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and...
- Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page2012, Taylor Swift, “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version), published 2021:
Synonyms of splash
27 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of splash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | splashes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | splashes |
| present participle | splashing |
| past participle | splashed |
| past | splashed |
Origin of splash
Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).
Words formed from splash
- antisplash
- antisplasher
- backsplash
- besplash
- bootsplash
- dicksplash
- hull splash
- make a splash
- splashable
- splash about
- splash-and-dash
- splash and dash
- splash-and-go
- splash around
- splashback
- splash ball
- splashboard
- splash cup
- splash cymbal
- splash dam
- splash damage
- splash-dash
- splashdown
- splash down
- splasher
- splashguard
- splash guard
- splashingly
- splash-land
- splashless
- splashome
- splashout
- splash out
- splashpad
- splash pad
- splash page
- splash park
- splash party
- splash-proof
- splashproof
- splash screen
- splash stick
- splash text
- splashy
- splurge
- sun-splashed
- unsplashed
- upsplash
- water-splash
Phrases with splash
- splash cups
- splash dams
- splash pads
- splash downs
- splash pages
- splash parks
- splash texts
- made a splash
- splash sticks
- makes a splash
- splash cymbals
- splash parties
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with splash
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
- pearlash
Questions about splash
- What does splash mean?
- Splash means the sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- What is splash in Hindi?
- Splash in Hindi is छपाक (chapāk). See Splash meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use splash in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is splash?
- Splash can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce splash?
- Splash is pronounced /splæʃ/.
- What is the plural of splash?
- The plural of splash is splashes.
Words near splash in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: splash (page history and authors); splash (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splash (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splash (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splash (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); തെറിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); splash (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); splash (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); splash (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); splash (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ছিটা (Assamese) (page history and authors); splash (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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