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splash down

splash down is the alternative form of splashdown.

Verb

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

  1. To land in water.
  2. (idiomatic) To appear, seemingly from nowhere.

Meaning of splashdown

Noun

splashdown (countable and uncountable, plural splashdowns)

  1. The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
    • He [John Wolfram] was the fastest swimmer in the group and knew he would be the first at splashdown.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 235

Forms of splash down

Noun
pluralsplash downs
Verb
third-person singular presentsplashes down
present participlesplashing down
past participlesplashed down
pastsplashed down

Questions about splash down

What does splash down mean?
Splash down means to land in water.
What is splash down the alternative form of?
Splash down is the alternative form of splashdown.
What part of speech is splash down?
Splash down is a verb.
What is the past tense of splash down?
The past tense of splash down is splashed down.

Words near splash down in the dictionary

  1. splash cymbal
  2. splash cymbals
  3. splash dam
  4. splash damage
  5. splash dams
  6. splash down
  7. splash downs
  8. splash guard
  9. splash out
  10. splash pad
  11. splash pads

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