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▪ I. splash, n.1|splæʃ|
[f. splash v.1]
1. a. A quantity of some fluid or semi-liquid substance dashed or dropped upon a surface.
1736Ainsworth i, A splash, or splatch of dirt. 1818Todd, Splash, wet or dirt thrown up from a puddle [etc.]. 1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §542 The shapes of the patches will be further altered by the addition of each splash of colour. 1863Baring-Gould Iceland 120 The snow was blotched with large splashes of blood. 1879‘E. Garrett’ House by Works I. 185 A Turkey rug..lay on the stone floor,..befouled with splashes of grease and dirty water.
b. spec. (See quot.)
1813Montagu Suppl. Ornith. Dict. A a 3 b, Where the fowler perceives perforations made by the bill of a Woodcock,..or the mutings, called the splash.
c. The fragmentary metal resulting from the shattering of bullets upon impact.
1865Pall Mall G. 22 Sept. 5/2 Several sheep..had been poisoned by swallowing minute portions of bullets—the ‘splash’—which lay scattered on the grass. 1887Daily News 25 Oct. 4/7 He granted an injunction..to use the other target in a way that would cause bullets or splashes of bullets to fall upon the plaintiff's land.
d. Amer. A body of water suddenly released in order to carry down logs.
1879Lumberman's Gaz. 23 Aug., Some of these..logs may possibly be moved by a splash to have been made at Little Falls dam.
e. A small quantity of liquid, spec. a dash of soda-water or tonic, etc., added to spirits as a drink.
1922Joyce Ulysses 551 Here, to buy yourself a gin and splash. 1935G. Greene England made Me v. 243 The atmosphere of..the week-end jaunt, the whisky and splash. 1965‘J. le Carré’ Looking-Glass War xv. 173 Woodford's wife added a little soda to her Scotch, a splash: it was habit rather than taste. 1977Rolling Stone 30 June 81/3, I walked to the bar, ordered a double vodka with a splash of tonic no fruit.
2. colloq. A striking or ostentatious display, appearance, or effect; something in the nature of a sensation or excitement; a dash:
a. In the phrases to make, or cut, a splash.
1804G. Colman Let. 9 Jan. in A. Mathews Mem. Charles Mathews (1838) I. xx. 434 A vile part, surely, for the débût of a man who is to make a splash. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. II. 91 Three of my old school⁓fellows at Eton, who were very clever, and cut a splash in the ‘Microcosm’. 1824Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 287, I expect our drum to make a great splash. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xvii, A band is all very well for making a splash in the first procession. 1890Spect. 14 June 829/1 Distinction shows itself without making a splash, without calling attention to itself.
b. In other contexts. Also attrib.
1810Splendid Follies III. 188 Many a demirep lounges in Tom's curricle for a splash through the city. 1832J. Romilly Diary 6 May (1967) 12 Missed Hearing Roze's Sermon..:—hear it was poor: tho with a splash passage against the wickedness of manufactures. 1863Fonblanque Tangled Skein II. 33 What a grand splash you had on the 31st! We saw it all in the ‘Illustrated’. 1885Daily Tel. 28 Dec. (Encycl. Dict.), Enable him to have a rattling good splash for it somehow—break or make.
c. Without article: Sensation, excitement.
1899Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 3/1 That last speech of his caused enough splash for some time to come.
d. colloq. The prominent display in a newspaper of an advertisement, headline, or story; the material so displayed, usu. of a dramatic or sensational character. Freq. attrib.
1922Joyce Ulysses 638 The usual splash page of letterpress about the same old matrimonial tangle. 1932H. Nicolson Public Faces xi. 288 We must get the news back here before to-night—time for full splash in tomorrow's papers. 1933W. Moss Polit. Parties Irish Free State iii. 127 ‘Splashes’, i.e. full-page advertisements using the most effective appeals and backed with extensive and detailed argument. 1948Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 July 2 The perfect ‘splash’ story in the lull after the Republican Convention. 1960J. Robb Front Page Story 46 Percy tossed the latest copy over to Bert, the ‘Splash’ sub. ‘Splash’ sub was the title given to the man who normally handled only the page-one lead. He was usually..the best sub-editor in the office. 1966New Statesman 13 May 680/3 The paper had reverted to its old jittery habit of lifting other people's splashes and exclusives. 1974Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Oct. 12/7 ‘Anything could happen,’ said..Michael Wilson after the London papers gave splash play to his announcement. 1977New Yorker 24 Oct. 55/2 The violent crimes.., if they occur in New York City, get a one-day splash in the News. 1979P. Niesewand Member of Club iv. 31 Courtney turned back to the paper..to look at the front page. The splash story was the row over the death of a young South African commando. 1982Chicago Sun-Times 2 Dec. 67 Speakes gave a thorough briefing on the Cabinet Council study, providing the rest of the nation a Page 1 splash the next day.
3. a. The act or result of suddenly and forcibly striking or dashing water or other fluid; the sound produced by this.
1819Shelley Cyclops 19 All my boys..with splash and strain Made white with foam the green and purple sea. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xi, Billy made all the splash he could in the water as Murphy lifted the fish to the surface. 1898Watts-Dunton Aylwin xiv. iv, And hark! that pebble which falls into the water with a splash.
fig.1834Southey Doctor xii. (1864) II. 213 Popularity [is] a splash in the great pool of oblivion.
b. ellipt. A splash-net.
[1855‘C. Idle’ Hints Shooting & Fishing 232 The Splash Net. ] Ibid. 235 To use the splash advantageously at night, the tide and weather must both be in your favour.
4. a. The act, result, or sound of water falling or dashing forcibly upon something.
1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 83 This water being apparently derived from the drain of the mountains behind, and the splash of the sea. 1847Tennyson Princ. i. 214 The splash and stir Of fountains spouted up and showering down. 1885L'pool Daily Post 1 May 4/9 What if days of foggy drizzle alternate with days of steady splash?
b. Med. Also splash sound. A sound produced by a mixture of air and liquid in the stomach or other cavity when it is sharply disturbed. Cf. splashing vbl. n.1 1 b.
1890F. Taylor Pract. Med. 435 The presence of air and liquid together in the pleural cavity may be demonstrated by the test known as Hippocratic succussion, or splash sound. 1908Hutchison & Rainy Clin. Methods (ed. 4) 66 It should be remembered..that a splash may be elicited over even a normal stomach shortly after a meal containing much fluid,..and care should also be taken not to mistake a splash produced in the transverse colon for a stomach splash. 1938N. L. Eckhoff in H. Rolleston Brit. Encycl. Med. Pract. VII. 226 A splash may be heard in cases of pyloric obstruction, and in some cases of obstruction in the colon. 1971[see splashing vbl. n.1 1 b].
5. a. A large or irregular patch of colour or light.
1832T. Brown Bk. Butterfl. & M. (1834) I. 197 In Papilio agala this silver is disposed in distinct splashes, or spots. 1856in A. J. C. Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 88 C. wore his..uniform, which made such a splash of gold that we were quite fine enough. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. 253 [The light] fell in a great splash upon the thicket. 1897E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches iii. 24 A bright bay..with a great white splash on its forehead.
b. A variety of the domestic pigeon. Also attrib., as splash bird, splash cock, splash tumbler.
1854Poultry Chron. I. 332/1 For the best pair of Almond, or Splash Tumblers. Ibid., What is a Splash, but an Almond-bred bird? 1867Tegetmeier Pigeons 120 It is no easy matter to lay down certain rules for matching Splashes, or indeed any other coloured birds. 1879L. Wright Pigeon Keeper 112 These..included Almonds, Splashes,..black Splash cock, and red cock.
6. slang.
a. (See quot.)
1865Slang Dict. 242 Splash, complexion powder used by ladies to whiten their necks and faces.
b. Amphetamines. U.S.
1969J. Gardner Complete State of Death ix. 166 The American..addicts..call most of the amphetamines ‘speed’, in the same way as they talk of others as ‘bennies’, ‘splash’, ‘cartwheels’. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xvii. 332 Amphetamines (Benzedrine),..Bennies, Peaches, Splash.
▪ II. splash, n.2|splæʃ|
[Alteration of plash n.1, probably by association with prec. and next.]
A shallow pool.
1760Hutton Dial. Storth & Arnside l. 37 (E.D.D.), A lile splash o' water o'th bare sand. 1802Montagu Ornith. Dict. N 3, The nest..is placed on a tump or dry spot, near a splash or swampy place. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Splashes, shallow accumulations of water from wintry wet, in the low parts of meadows or marshes. 1893‘Son of the Marshes’ (D. Jordan) Forest Tithes 194 The beautiful grey and white gulls, resting in and around the clear shallow splashes.
▪ III. splash, v.1|splæʃ|
[Alteration of plash v.2]
I. trans.
1. a. To bespatter, to wet or soil, by dashing water, mud, etc.
1722–7Boyer Dict. Royal i. s.v. Rejaillir, He splashed his Face with Dirt. 1755Johnson, Splash, to daub with dirt in great quantities. 1798W. Hutton Family of Hutton 98 Our trooper dismounted, and cast a large stone with design to splash her. 1818J. W. Croker in C. Papers 8 Dec. (1884) I. 121 We ride together, and in the dirty roads splash one another. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. iii, You'll..get back home at eight o'clock, splashed up to the chin. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn iv, The slaves..were splashing his face with the water of the fountain.
b. To stain, mark, or mottle with irregular patches of colour or light. Chiefly in pa. pple.
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §542 The surface of the wall to be splashed must be well seasoned, and perfectly dry. 1865Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 32 Two eggs of a dirty white, mottled and splashed with brown. 1890E. H. Barker Wayfaring in France 191 Where the sunny grass was splashed by the dark shadows of cypresses.
2. a. To cause (a liquid or semi-liquid substance) to fly about; to scatter, throw up or about, with some force or commotion. Also, to pour out with a splash.
1762Lloyd Ep. Churchill Poems 191 Where the mock female shrew and hen-peck'd male Scoop'd rich contents from either copious pail,..And dash'd and splash'd the filthy grains about. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxii, The few children made a dismal cheer, as the carriage, splashing mud, drove away. 1859Habits of Gd. Society v. 224 You must carefully turn the joint so as not to splash the gravy. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 191 The liquid is..so splashed about that it falls in drops. 1908E. F. Benson Blotting Bk. ii. 51 Mills..splashed himself out a liberal allowance of brandy into his glass.
fig.1824Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. 189 Juvenal..stamps too often, and splashes up too much filth.
b. fig. To write down carelessly or quickly.
1897Daily News 2 Mar. 3/5, I witnessed many other scenes like the ones which I have rapidly splashed down for you upon paper.
c. colloq. To present (news, etc.) ostentatiously, or as a ‘splash’ (splash n.1 2 d).
1930London Mercury Feb. 317 All the evening papers have ‘splashed’ the story. 1934A. P. Herbert Holy Deadlock 210 She was ‘splashed’ in the newspapers as a sort of modern St. Joan. 1946J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xvi. 272 London and provincial newspapers ‘splashed’ this first organized revolt against a tyranny and waste of public money. 1958Punch 1 Jan. 59/3 The story was splashed over the front page. 1969[see par n.4]. 1979A. Brink Dry White Season ii. vi. 138 The photograph of Emily embracing Ben was splashed on the front page of an English newspaper.
d. colloq. To spend (money) extravagantly or ostentatiously. Freq. const. advbs., esp. in phr. to splash (money) out on (something). Also absol.
1934Times 7 Mar. 7/5 Public money ought not to be splashed about in this manner without grave and searching examination by the House of Commons. 1938S. Beckett Murphy 79 He thought for a second of splashing the fourpence. 1946F. Sargeson That Summer 82 After we'd splashed on a talkie we went home. 1960S. Barstow Kind of Loving ii. ii. 170, I splash eight-and-six on a pound box of chocolates and send them with a little note. 1973Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 1 Mar. 2/2 Allied now plan to splash out an extra {pstlg}150,000 on advertising. 1973E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xiv. 170 They..splashed the lolly around when the pay packets came in. 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 17/2 Splash out on something new to wear; the result will be worthwhile.
3. To cause (something) to dash or agitate a liquid, esp. so as to produce a sound.
1879Froude Cæsar xix. 319 Splashing their oars, and making as much noise as possible. 1889Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night I. i. ii. 20 Sly may..splash his spatulous fingers in rose-water.
4. To make (one's way) with splashing.
c1830W. Irving Knickerbocker iii. v. §5 The..little vessel ploughed and splashed its way up the Hudson. 1890Doyle White Company xxviii, Through this the horses splashed their way.
II. intr.
5. a. To cause dashing or noisy agitation of a liquid; to move or fall with a splash or splashes.
1715Prior Down-Hall 47 Pray get a Calesch, That in Summer may Burn, and in Winter may Splash. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxi, The heavy burden splashed in the dark-blue waters. 1843Le Fevre Life Trav. Phys. III. iii. ix. 194 In order to reward myself..I splashed away in a bath. 1884Marshall's Tennis Cuts 271 Where the startled wild fowl splash in Sludgeboro's lagoons and marshes.
b. With preps. or advs. implying movement.
1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxiv, In to the water we behoved a' to splash, heels ower head. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. vii. xi, Poor Weber went splashing along, close by the Royal carriage. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. i. i, To splash through the wet streets..was an expedition rather agreeable to Francis. 1902Belloc Path to Rome 300 Through the..rain I splashed up the main street.
c. To use a splash-net.
1855‘C. Idle’ Hints Shooting & Fishing 234 When it is intended to continue splashing during the night, the net must be taken in carefully.
d. Const. down. Of a spacecraft: to alight on the sea after a space flight. Also transf. Cf. splashdown.
1962Daily Tel. 4 Oct. 1/7 Cdr. Walter Schirra..‘splashed down’ safely in the Pacific at 10.28 (BST) last night. 1965Economist 4 Sept. 873/1 By the time they splashed down on Sunday Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper and Lieutenant-Commander Conrad had completed the longest-ever manned flight in space. 1969Times 3 June (Suppl.) p. iii/4 Apollo 11 is due to splash down at 5.52 on July 24. 1978Times 1 Aug. 2/1 The ill-fated [balloon] Zanussi in which they splashed down.
6. a. Of liquids: To dash or fly in some quantity and with some degree of force.
1755Dict. Arts & Sci. II. s.v. Foliating, So that the amalgam, when you pour it in, may not splash. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. vii. (1842) 218 A few particles may splash upon the hotter parts of the retort. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxiv. 185 Nowhere open way, seas splash in circle around me. 1880Trans. Seismol. Soc. Japan I. ii. 22 The manner in which water was observed to splash out of wash-hand basins.
b. Const. up.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. iii. i. viii, Redhot balls..‘filled internally with oil of turpentine which splashes up in flame’. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. ii. 539 Heroes' blood Splashed up against thy noble brow in Rome.
7. Of bullets: To throw off fragments on striking an object.
1894Westm. Gaz. 1 June 4/2 The bullet struck just slightly above the place and then ‘splashed’, as it is generally called.
▪ IV. splash, v.2 dial.
[Alteration of plash v.1]
trans. To pleach (a hedge).
1828Carr Craven Gloss., Splash, to cut and trim hedges. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., To splash a hedge, is to cut away the rough wood..and lay in the smooth, trimming it up on the ditch side. 1899Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. 1 Mar. 93 On well managed farms most hedges are splashed about the month of August.
▪ V. † splash
obs. dial. var. of splice v.
1672Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 338 For splashing the bell-ropes, 4 d. [Cf. splicing vbl. n.1, quot. 1524–5.]
▪ VI. splash, adv.|splæʃ|
[The stem of splash v.1]
In a splashing manner; with a splash or splashing sound.
1795Scott William & Helen xlvii, Tramp! tramp! along the land they rode, Splash! splash! along the sea. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. v. i, The full flood of sound..came splash upon him. 1895Outing XXVI. 30/2 Spat-spat, splash! they fell. |