splash

noun

1. (onomatopoeic)The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

   “I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.”

2. A small amount of liquid.

   “I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.”

   “I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.”

   “Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze.”

3. A small amount (of color).

   “The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful”

4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.

   “There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.”

5. An impact or impression.

   “The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.”

6. (informal)A splash screen.

   “When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.”

7. 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.
8. (dated)A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
9. A large, prominent headline or article.

   “So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.”

   “After the brouhaha and the newspaper headline splashes, each of these contentious items would simply die its own quiet death to be replaced by a newer scandal: […]”

10. A splash page.
11. (slang)The shooting down of an aircraft over water.

    “Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.”

12. (Multicultural-London-English, slang)The bleeding caused by a knife wound.

    “Jojo caught up and gave him a splash Slap that wap, get rid of them plats”

13. (Multicultural-London-English, slang)A knife.

    “You grip your splash for fashion—me and you, we ain’t got the same intentions.”

verb

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

   “sit and splash in the bathtub”

   “I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest”

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

   “Water splashed everywhere.”

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.”

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.”

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

   “The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.”

   “The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline -- "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin.”

   “Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page”

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.

   “This was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic restrictions were lifted.”

8. (transitive)To launch a ship.

   “In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.”

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

   “Planes were sighted at about 5000 yards, fire was opened at 4500 yards; the first plane was splashed about 1800 yards from the ship, the second was splashed about 3000 yards from the ship and rudder shifted to hard right.”

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

    “Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket”