Word.ws English Dictionary

splashing

splashing is the present participle and gerund of splash.

Meaning of splash

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
    • sit and splash in the bathtub
  2. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
    • Water splashed everywhere.
  3. (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
    • She splashed water onto her face.
  4. (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
    • The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
  5. (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
    • The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
  6. (transitive) To spend (money).
    • After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.

See all 23 meanings of splash

Noun

splashing (plural splashings)

  1. An action that splashes.
    • Bathtime was full of mischief and splashings.

Forms of splashing

pluralsplashings

Phrases with splashing

Questions about splashing

What does splashing mean?
Splashing means an action that splashes.
What is splashing the present participle and gerund of?
Splashing is the present participle and gerund of splash.
What part of speech is splashing?
Splashing is a noun.
What is the plural of splashing?
The plural of splashing is splashings.

Words near splashing in the dictionary

  1. splashier
  2. splashiest
  3. splashily
  4. splashin'
  5. splashiness
  6. splashing
  7. splashing about
  8. splashing around
  9. splashing down
  10. splashing out
  11. splashingly

Source and license

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

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “splashing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/splashing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.