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splashing around

splashing around is the present participle and gerund of splash around.

Meaning of splash around

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To spend money or give money to friends and associates freely; to spend money in a showy way or on something high-profile.
    • He's popular there because he's always splashing money around.

Questions about splashing around

What is splashing around the present participle and gerund of?
Splashing around is the present participle and gerund of splash around.

Words near splashing around in the dictionary

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

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