splash
Pronunciation: /splæʃ/
The English word “splash” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- An impact or impression.
- A splash screen.
- A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
- A large, prominent headline or article.
- A splash page.
- The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- A knife.
verb
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
- To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- To hit or expel liquid at.
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- To spend (money).
- To roughly fill with color.
Etymology
Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).
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