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Thesaurus: splash

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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  1. v. t. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
  2. v. t. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
  3. v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
  4. n. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
  5. n. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
  6. n. the sound like water splashing
  7. n. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
  8. n. a small quantity of something moist or liquid
  9. n. a patch of bright color
  10. n. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
  11. n. the act of scattering water about haphazardly
  12. v. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force