Meaning of Splash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
   onomatopoeic
2. A small amount of liquid.
3. A small amount (of color).
4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
5. An impact or impression.
6. A splash screen.
   informal
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. A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
   dated
9. A large, prominent headline or article.
10. A splash page.
11. The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
    slang
12. The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
    Multicultural-London-English, slang
13. A knife.
    Multicultural-London-English, slang

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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: […]”

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

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

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

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