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splash S0652000 (splăsh)v. splashed, splash·ing, splash·es v.tr.1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.2. To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.3. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water.4. To make (one's way) with or by the scattering of fluid.5. To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to: a floral pattern that was splashed with pink; moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard.6. To display or publicize very noticeably: Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.v.intr.1. a. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses: splashed about in the swimming pool.b. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect: We splashed through the waves.2. a. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.b. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.n.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.4. A great though often short-lived impression; a stir: a publicity splash.Phrasal Verb: splash down To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile.
[Probably alteration of plash.]
splash′er n.Translationssplash down
splash downTo crash or land in a body of water. The actress's private seaplane splashed down on the lake outside of the film festival, and she exited the aircraft in a stunning sequin dress. Officials are scrambling to determine where the astronaut's capsule splashed down as they lost touch with it just before re-entry.See also: down, splashsplash down[for a space capsule] to land in the water. The capsule splashed down very close to the pickup ship.See also: down, splashsplash downLand in water, as in The spacecraft splashed down within a few hundred yards of the pickup point. The splash in this idiom alludes to the impact of a solid body on water. [c. 1960] See also: down, splashsplash downv. To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile: The spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.See also: down, splashEncyclopediaSeesplashMedicalSeeSPLASH |