to splash
91
1.0
- verb
- /splæʃ/
:
salpicar
- He accidentally splashed his shoes while trying to step around the puddle.
- splash water
- splashed with mud
- splash around
like glare caused by snowflakes splashing into hot watering eyes.
- like glare caused by snowflakes splashing into hot watering eyes.
- It went up, it hung out, it came back, it splashed down, it worked perfectly.
- I have had experience having it splash up into my face.
- He goes, yeah, well, I think, you know, just tell her not to like splash too much when she's in the tub.
- That's five play baby seeing that Sprite just splash off your hard skin dog.
Examples
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The children ran, laughed, and played, splashing in the warm waters, eyes twinkling.
Fiction book (1990) -
A little steady stream of water is splashing on Dagmar, which she ignores.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sometimes I like to splash myself water.
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Maybe you are in the mood to go to a water park and splash around.
Academic text (2005) -
They splash in the water.
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Mommy, tell Tommy to stop splashing me!
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In the corner, an old faucet splashed water freely on the cement floor.
Fiction book (1991) -
The children laughed as they splashed water at each other in the pool.
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She loves to splash through the rain whenever a storm hits.
Synonyms
100
1.1
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
51
4.1
To make liquid fall in small messy drops on a surface
22
3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
18
1.3
To spray or throw many small things over an area
14
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
4
2.9
To play in water by moving and making water spray
3
1.2
Make water spray in small drops by hitting or moving through it
3
5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
1
5.6
To make drops of liquid hit many places, like clothes or a table
1
7.4
To walk through mud or water and make a splashing sound
1
8.9
To splash mud or water onto something and make it dirty
1
3.2
To play or wade in small pools of water
To splash small drops against a surface and make spots
To move water so it hits something and makes drops
To move or splash with force and noise
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
To splash liquid around and make a mess
To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way
To make a light smacking or soft splashing sound
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Compounds
- US
A curved cover above a bike or motorcycle wheel that stops mud and water splashing on the rider
- US
A curved shield above a bicycle or motorcycle wheel that keeps mud and water off the rider
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Splash comes from an old sound word that copies 'the noise water makes' when it hits something. So to splash is to move liquid so it hits and makes that wet, loud sound.