- splash
- [[t]splæ̱ʃ[/t]]
splashes, splashing, splashed1) VERB If you splash about or splash around in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air.
[V about/around] A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about...
She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool...
[V into n] The gliders and their pilots splashed into the lake and had to be fished out.
2) V-ERG If you splash a liquid somewhere or if it splashes, it hits someone or something and scatters in a lot of small drops.[V n prep] He closed his eyes tight, and splashed the water on his face...
[V prep/adv] A little wave, the first of many, splashed in my face...
[V n] Beer splashed the carpet...
[V n with n] Lorries rumbled past them, splashing them with filthy water from the potholes in the road...
[V-ing] He heard the sounds of splashing water and glanced at the door to the bathroom.
3) N-SING A splash is the sound made when something hits water or falls into it.There was a splash and something fell clumsily into the water.
4) N-COUNT A splash of a liquid is a small quantity of it that falls on something or is added to something.Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes...
Add a splash of lemon juice to flavor the butter.
5) N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n A splash of colour is an area of a bright colour which contrasts strongly with the colours around it.Anne has left the walls white, but added splashes of colour with the tablecloth and the paintings.
6) VERB If a magazine or newspaper splashes a story, it prints it in such a way that it is very noticeable.[V n] The newspapers splashed the story all over their front pages...
[V n] A picture of his girlfriend Sheryl had been splashed in the previous weekend's tabloids.
7) PHRASE: V inflects If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.Now she's made a splash in the American television show `Civil Wars'.
Phrasal Verbs:Syn:make an impression
English dictionary. 2008.