splashy
/ˈsplaʃi
/adjective (splashier, splashiest)
1Characterized by water splashing about: a splashy waterfall...
- In he jumped, goggles on, and then proceeded to plough through the water doing a very bad and splashy front crawl.
- Pitter-patter - show your baby how to pat his hands on the surface of the water to make a nice splashy sound.
- Earlier I had asked Long what it felt like to be the artist chosen to open Tate Modern - one of the 57-year-old's splashy mud pieces was exhibited facing Claude Monet's paintings of waterlilies.
1.1Characterized by irregular patches of bright colour: splashy floral silks...
- In August shoppers at Target stores across America began making fashion history by buying affordable and sporty wares in bright, splashy colors from style doyen Mizrahi.
- Whereas the first picture was dark and grainy, this one was bright and splashy - just how the MTV generation has been force-fed before.
- The bright, splashy paint work further adds to the idea of the sculpture being cheerful and full of fun.
2 informal Attracting a great deal of attention; ostentatiously impressive: I don’t care for splashy Hollywood parties...
- And just as a splashy Hollywood premiere attracts attention for a film, a video game's first-week sales can be critical to winning shelf space and retailer support.
- For the athlete, if he's lucky, it's a medal, world recognition, splashy endorsement deals, the adoration of millions of compatriots, whatever.
- Lapidus became notorious in the 1950s, an era that liked its modernism discreet, for flamboyant hotel designs that were often called gaudy, garish, splashy and colossal.
Rhymes
- Bangalore
- Bangalore torpedo
- bangarang
- bang away at
- banger
- bang for one's (or the) buck
- bang goes ——
- banging
- Bangkok
- Bangla
- Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi
- bangle
- bang on
- bang on about
- Bangor
- bang (or dead) to rights
- bang (or knock) people's heads together
- bang someone/thing up
- bang something out
- bangtail
- bangtail muster
- Bangui
- bang-up
- banh mi