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splash-dash

splash-dash is the alternative spelling of splash-and-dash.

Meaning of splash-and-dash

Noun

splash-and-dash (plural splash-and-dashes)

  1. A fifty-metre freestyle swimming event.
  2. A quick stop for fuel near the end of a race, so as to be able to cross the finish line without running out of fuel.
  3. A ballooning maneuver whereby a Montgolfier balloon is lowered down to touch a body of water and lifts off again.

Forms of splash-dash

pluralsplash-dashes

Questions about splash-dash

What is splash-dash the alternative spelling of?
Splash-dash is the alternative spelling of splash-and-dash.

Words near splash-dash in the dictionary

  1. splash text
  2. splash texts
  3. splash-and-dash
  4. splash-and-dashes
  5. splash-and-go
  6. splash-dash
  7. splash-dashes
  8. splash-land
  9. splash-landed
  10. splash-landing
  11. splash-lands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: splash-dash (page history and authors); splash-and-dash (page history and authors). 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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