splashverb
uk/splæʃ/us/splæʃ/splash verb (LIQUID)
B2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] UK informal also splosh If a liquid splashes or if you splash a liquid, it falls on or hits something or someone:
B2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] UK informal also splosh to move in water so that drops of it go in all directions:
More examples
- Some of the soup splashed onto the table.
- She splashed water everywhere.
- He kept trying to splash his sister with cold water.
- He splashed aftershave onto his face.
- He splashed some whiskey over the ice.
splash verb (SHOW)
[ T + adv/prep ] to print or show something in a very noticeable way:
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Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- signify
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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Phrasal verb(s)
splashnoun [ C ]
uk/splæʃ/us/splæʃ/splash noun [ C ] (LIQUID)
C2 a small amount of a liquid that has fallen or been dropped:
B2 the noise of something hitting or moving in water:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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splash noun [ C ] (SHOW)
something or someone bright or very noticeable:
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Visible
- (as) large as life idiom
- discernible
- eye-catching
- full
- high-visibility
- large
- mile
- noticeable
- out
- perceptible
- prominent
- relief
- show
- sore
- stand out
- stand/stick out like a sore thumb idiom
- stick
- stick out
- visibility
- visible
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