splash

splash is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
2. transitive verb. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
3. intransitive verb. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
6. noun. the act of scattering water about haphazardly

   Synonyms: splashing

7. noun. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

   Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering

8. noun. a patch of bright color

   "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"

9. noun. the sound like water splashing

   Synonyms: plash

10. noun. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

    "a dab of paint"

    "a splatter of mud"

    Synonyms: dab, splatter

11. noun. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

    "he made a great splash and then disappeared"

    Synonyms: stir

12. verb. mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

    "The mountain was splashed with snow"

13. verb. dash a liquid upon or against

    "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

    Synonyms: plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash

14. verb. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

    "She splashed the water around her"

    Synonyms: splosh, sprinkle

15. verb. strike and dash about in a liquid

    "The boys splashed around in the pool"

16. verb. soil or stain with a splashed liquid
17. verb. walk through mud or mire

    "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

    Synonyms: slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish

18. verb. make a splashing sound

    "water was splashing on the floor"

    Synonyms: slosh, slush, splosh

Synonyms

splashing, spatter, spattering, splattering, plash, dab, splatter, stir, splosh, swash, sprinkle, slop, slosh, squelch, squish, slush

Common word forms

splashs, splashed, splasher, splashes, splashing

Words from these letters

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