Meaning

10 senses
  1. (intransitive)To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.

    sit and splash in the bathtub

  2. (intransitive)(of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.

    Water splashed everywhere.

    плеска́тьpleskátʹ, бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ, расплеска́тьсяraspleskátʹsja

    розлива́тисяrozlyvátysja, хлю́патисяxljúpatysja, бри́зкатиbrýzkaty

  3. (transitive)To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.

    She splashed water onto her face.

    I accidentally splashed some coffee on my keyboard.

    platschen, plätschern, pritscheln

    плеска́тьсяpleskátʹsja, бры́згатьсяbrýzgatʹsja

    хлюпатиxljupaty, хлю́патисяxljúpatysja

  4. (transitive)To hit or expel liquid at.

    The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.

    When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.

    dash a liquid upon or against

  5. (transitive)To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.

    The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.

    нашуме́тьnašumétʹ

  6. (transitive)To spend (money).

    After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.

  7. (figuratively)To roughly fill with color.

  8. (transitive)To launch a ship.

  9. (slang)To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.

  10. (Multicultural London English, transitive)To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.

Examples

117 sentences
  1. The baby was splashing in the bathtub.

    Дитина плескалася у ванній. — rmdas

    ruРебёнок плескался в ванне. — odexed

    deDas Baby plantschte in der Badewanne. — raggione

  2. I splashed my face with water.

    Я збризнув обличчя водою. — Ahha

    ruЯ сбрызнул лицо водой. — odexed

  3. Tom splashed himself with cold water.

  4. Tom splashed water on his face.

  5. Tom and Mary splashed each other.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to splatter or spread around suddenly:
to hit or agitate liquid:
Русский
By meaning 3
to splatter or spread around suddenly:
to hit or agitate liquid:
to create an impact or impression:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to hit or agitate liquid:

Origin

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).

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Forms

splashes, splashing, splashed, splashed
Base formsplash · to splash
3rd person singularsplashes
Present participlesplashing
Past simplesplashed
Past participlesplashed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysplash
he, she, itsplashes

Past simpleLesson

all personssplashed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave splashed
he, she, ithas splashed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill splash

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

40 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

47 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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