1. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
   "She splashed the water around her";
   - sprinkle, splosh [informal]
    
2. Dash a liquid upon or against
   "The mother splashed the baby's face with water";
   - spatter, splatter, plash [rare], splosh [informal], swash
    
3. Strike and dash about in a liquid
   "The boys splashed around in the pool"
    
4. Make a splashing sound
   "water was splashing on the floor";
   - splosh [informal], slosh, slush
    
5. Soil or stain with a splashed liquid
   "He accidentally splashed coffee on his white shirt"
    
6. Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting colour or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
   "The mountain was splashed with snow"
    
7. Walk through mud or mire
   "We had to splash across the wet meadow";
   - squelch, squish, splosh [informal], slosh, slop

1. The act of scattering water about haphazardly
   "The children's splash in the pool created a joyful atmosphere";
   - splashing
    
2. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
   "The chef's vigorous stirring caused a splash of sauce on the stovetop";
   - spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering
    
3. The sound like water splashing
   "The splash of the fountain was soothing";
   - plash [rare]
    
4. A small quantity of something moist or liquid
   "just a splash of whiskey";
   - dab, splatter
    
5. A patch of bright colour
   "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of colour"
    
6. A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
   "he made a great splash and then disappeared";
   - stir

Derived forms: splashing, splashes, splashed

Type of: act, begrime, bemire [archaic], carry-on [Brit, informal], colly [archaic], commotion, cover, dapple, dirty, disperse, disruption, disturbance, dot, dust, fleck, flutter, footslog, go, grime, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], maculation, move, noise, overlay, pad, painting, patch, plod, scatter, slog, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, soil, song and dance [Brit, informal], sound, speckle, spot, sprinkle, to-do [informal], tramp, trog [Brit, informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trudge, wetting

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