splash

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /splæʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like splosh /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #7811

Meanings

1

verb
To make liquid fly about in drops, or to hit liquid noisily.

The children splashed each other in the swimming pool.
2

verb
To throw or scatter liquid onto someone or something.

A passing car splashed mud all over my coat.
3

noun
The sound or act of something hitting liquid.

I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
4

noun
A bright patch of color.

The red scarf added a splash of color to her outfit.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make liquid fly about in... spatter splosh

2 verb · to throw or scatter liquid... spatter sprinkle

Word family

Forms splashedsplashessplashingsplashy

Derived forms antisplashantisplasherbacksplashbesplashbootsplashdicksplashsplash-and-dashsplash-and-gosplash-dashsplash-landsplash-proofsplashable

Related forms splishsplooshsplosh

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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splash around
to play in water while making it scatter about

Verb + adverb

Idioms (1)

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make a splash
to attract considerable public attention by doing something impressive or notable

Simplified etymology

Splash arose in imitation of the sound it describes. The source compares it with plash and with flash, whose original Middle English meaning was “splash water about.”

Etymology

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

Topics

Actions & Processes

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