Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
- 2transitive verb
To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
- 3intransitive verb
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
- 6noun
the act of scattering water about haphazardly
Synonyms
- 7noun
the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- 8noun
a patch of bright color
"her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"
- 9noun
the sound like water splashing
Synonyms
- 10noun
a small quantity of something moist or liquid
"a dab of paint"
"a splatter of mud"
- 11noun
a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
"he made a great splash and then disappeared"
Synonyms
- 12verb
mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
"The mountain was splashed with snow"
- 13verb
dash a liquid upon or against
"The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
- 14verb
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
"She splashed the water around her"
- 15verb
strike and dash about in a liquid
"The boys splashed around in the pool"
- 16verb
soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- 17verb
walk through mud or mire
"We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
- 18verb
make a splashing sound
"water was splashing on the floor"
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