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- Dictionarysplash/splaʃ/
noun
- 1. a sound made by something striking or falling into liquid: "we hit the water with a mighty splash" Similar
- 2. a prominent or sensational news feature or story: informal "a front-page splash" Similar
verb
- 1. cause (liquid) to strike or fall on something in irregular drops: "she splashed cold water on to her face" Similar
- 2. print (a story or photograph, especially a sensational one) in a prominent place in a newspaper or magazine: "the story was splashed across the front pages" Similar
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a small amount of a liquid that has fallen or been dropped: There were several splashes of white paint on the carpet. B2. the noise of something hitting or moving in water: We heard a splash and then saw that Toni had fallen in the river.
1. a. : to strike and dash about a liquid or semiliquid substance. b. : to move in or into a liquid or semiliquid substance and cause it to spatter. 2. a (1) : to become spattered about. (2) : to spread or scatter in the manner of splashed liquid. b. : to fall, strike, or move with a splashing sound. a brook splashing over rocks. transitive verb. 1
A splash is a tiny amount of a liquid. You might, for example, prefer your coffee with just a splash of cream. A splash can be wet, like a splash of lemonade in your tea, or it can be bright, like a splash of yellow across the oil painting you're working on.
Splash definition: to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter. See examples of SPLASH used in a sentence.
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. A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about.
1. The act or sound of splashing: went for a splash in the lake; heard the splash of the fish being thrown back. 2. a. A flying mass of fluid. b. A small amount, especially of a fluid: a splash of liqueur on the cake. 3. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid: a splash of light.
the sound of something falling into or moving in water: They sat listening to the splash of raindrops on the lake. a splash of colour. a small area of colour that makes something look brighter: The flowers added a splash of colour to the room. Idioms. make a splash.
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. A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about.
Definition of splash verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to do something in a way that attracts a lot of attention or causes a lot of excitement Her first book made a big splash. Parents still like to make a splash for a daughter's wedding. See splash in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
