splash
Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.]
1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
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2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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Splash \Splash\, v. i.
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a
way as to spatter.
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Splash \Splash\, n.
1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown
from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of
matter which wets or disfigures.
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2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
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splash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: {plash}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {dab}, {splatter}]
3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
{spatter}, {spattering}, {splashing}, {splattering}]
4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: {splashing}]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: {sprinkle}, {splosh}]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: {squelch}, {squish}, {splosh}, {slosh}, {slop}]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {plash},
{splosh}, {swash}]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
mountain was splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
[syn: {splosh}, {slosh}, {slush}]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "splash":
ado, asperge, babble, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle,
bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, blaze, blazon, blemish, bloodstain,
blot, blotch, blur, brand, bravura, brilliancy, brouhaha, bubble,
burble, caste mark, check, checkmark, cicatrix, commotion, cut,
cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dab, dabble, damp, dampen,
dapple, dappledness, dappleness, daring, dash, daub, dazzle,
demonstration, dew, discoloration, display, dot, dottedness,
douche, douse, dramatics, dramatize, drench, drown, earmark, eclat,
engraving, etalage, excitement, exhibition, exhibitionism, eyesore,
false front, fanfaronade, flaunt, flaunting, fleck, flick,
flourish, flyspeck, foam, foofaraw, freckle, freckliness, froth,
gash, glare, glitter, graving, guggle, gurgle, hack, histrionics,
hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impression, irrigate,
jot, lap, lapping, lentigo, macula, maculate, maculation, macule,
make a figure, make a show, make a splash, manifestation, mark,
marking, moisten, mole, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch,
paddle, pageant, pageantry, parade, patch, plash, plaster, play up,
point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, prick, puncture, purl,
ripple, ripple of applause, ripple of laughter, scar,
scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, sensation, sham,
shine, show, shower, showing-off, slobber, slop, slosh, smear,
smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soak, sop, sparge, spatter,
speck, speckle, speckliness, spectacle, spindrift, splatter,
splosh, splotch, splurge, sponge, spot, spottedness, spottiness,
spray, spread, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, squirt, staginess, stain,
stigma, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, swash,
swish, syringe, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, theatrics,
throw, tick, tittle, to-do, trill, uproar, vaunt, wash, washing,
water, watermark, wet, wet down
SPLash!
1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3].
2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers.
Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W
1990.
{Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.]
1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
[1913 Webster]
2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
[1913 Webster]
Splash \Splash\, v. i.
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a
way as to spatter.
[1913 Webster]
Splash \Splash\, n.
1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown
from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of
matter which wets or disfigures.
[1913 Webster]
2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
[1913 Webster]
splash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: {plash}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {dab}, {splatter}]
3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
{spatter}, {spattering}, {splashing}, {splattering}]
4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: {splashing}]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: {sprinkle}, {splosh}]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: {squelch}, {squish}, {splosh}, {slosh}, {slop}]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {plash},
{splosh}, {swash}]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
mountain was splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
[syn: {splosh}, {slosh}, {slush}]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "splash":
ado, asperge, babble, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle,
bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, blaze, blazon, blemish, bloodstain,
blot, blotch, blur, brand, bravura, brilliancy, brouhaha, bubble,
burble, caste mark, check, checkmark, cicatrix, commotion, cut,
cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dab, dabble, damp, dampen,
dapple, dappledness, dappleness, daring, dash, daub, dazzle,
demonstration, dew, discoloration, display, dot, dottedness,
douche, douse, dramatics, dramatize, drench, drown, earmark, eclat,
engraving, etalage, excitement, exhibition, exhibitionism, eyesore,
false front, fanfaronade, flaunt, flaunting, fleck, flick,
flourish, flyspeck, foam, foofaraw, freckle, freckliness, froth,
gash, glare, glitter, graving, guggle, gurgle, hack, histrionics,
hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impression, irrigate,
jot, lap, lapping, lentigo, macula, maculate, maculation, macule,
make a figure, make a show, make a splash, manifestation, mark,
marking, moisten, mole, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch,
paddle, pageant, pageantry, parade, patch, plash, plaster, play up,
point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, prick, puncture, purl,
ripple, ripple of applause, ripple of laughter, scar,
scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, sensation, sham,
shine, show, shower, showing-off, slobber, slop, slosh, smear,
smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soak, sop, sparge, spatter,
speck, speckle, speckliness, spectacle, spindrift, splatter,
splosh, splotch, splurge, sponge, spot, spottedness, spottiness,
spray, spread, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, squirt, staginess, stain,
stigma, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, swash,
swish, syringe, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, theatrics,
throw, tick, tittle, to-do, trill, uproar, vaunt, wash, washing,
water, watermark, wet, wet down
SPLash!
1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3].
2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers.
Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W
1990.