splash

Noun

1. (onomatopoeic) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
2. A small amount of liquid.
3. A small amount (of color).
4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
5. An impact or impression.
6. (informal) A splash screen.
7. A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
8. (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
9. A large, prominent headline or article.
10. A splash page.
11. (slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
12. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
13. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A knife.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
2. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
3. (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
4. (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
5. (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
6. (transitive) To spend (money).
7. (figuratively) To roughly fill with color.
8. (transitive) To launch a ship.
9. (slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
10. (Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/splæʃ/

Etymology

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).

Synonyms

spatter

sprinkle

spray

splatter

plash

swash

splosh

plop

pour

spill

splashing sound

slosh

lap

dive

scatter

dash

💨

dabble

splashing

slop

paddle

stir

spurt

lapping

gurgle

spattering

bespatter

dab

patch

water

🚰

splat

thud

squish

besprinkle

stain

thump

sprinkling

squelch

burble

squirt

wash

🧽

dirty

dip

splattering

slush

pour on

flash

popple

beat

plunge

slap