splash

Meaning

Noun

1. 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. A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
9. A large, prominent headline or article.
10. (slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
11. (slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
12. (slang) A knife.

Verb

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

Synonyms

spatter

sprinkle

spray

splatter

plash

swash

splosh

plop

spill

pour

splashing sound

slosh

lap

scatter

dive

dash

💨

dabble

paddle

splashing

slop

stir

water

🚰

gurgle

splat

dab

patch

spattering

bespatter

lapping

spurt

flash

beat

besprinkle

burble

dip

dirty

plunge

popple

pour on

slap

slush

splattering

spot

sprinkling

squelch

squirt

squish

stain

thud

thump

wash

🧽

fly around

sprinkle with water

splish

empty

ducking

peddle

drizzle

drip

bathe

blame on

dribble

hit against

pour out

raise

ripple

roar

rock

🪨

drib

shower

🚿

sink

kerplop

douse

diving

babble

smack

smear

sound

🔉

sparge

distribute

decant

speckle

daub

spit

splash about

copy

clap

👏

clang

sprinkle water

burst

splotch

splurge

splutter

smash into pieces

bubbling

spraying

bubble

bespatter with

brim over

spurt out

sputtering

bestpatter

flap about

prominent display

splash around

stipple

boom

💥

strike

bespot

swatter

sway

swim

🏊

throw

splash with

slush around

toss out

tot

trickle

wade

besprinkle with

wet

wisp

bespeckle

3

make wet

sprinkle with

surface flash

splash water

assassinate

flashing

fleck

flip

flow

frost

full to the brim

fan

irrigate

jaw

jet

fall

expulsion

lash

mottle

murder

nosedive

overflow

Pronounced as (IPA)

/splæʃ/

Etymology

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