splash

splash1 [ splæʃ ] verb *

1. ) intransitive splash on/over/onto if a liquid splashes, it moves or hits something noisily:

Water began splashing over the side of the boat.

A little bit of her drink had splashed onto the table.

a ) transitive if a liquid splashes something, it hits it noisily:

waves splashing the rocks

b ) transitive to put a liquid on something in a rough and noisy way:

splash something on/over something: She was splashing perfume on like it was aftershave.

2. ) splash or splash around intransitive to move around noisily in water:

splash through/across/in: She was splashing through the puddles.

3. ) transitive usually passive if words, a story, or pictures are splashed somewhere, especially in a newspaper, they are large and easy to see:

splash something across/over/on something: The scandal was splashed across the front page of the paper.

a logo splashed on a T-shirt

4. ) transitive to add a color to something, especially in a careless way:

Carol splashed green paint on the wall.

,splash a`round phrasal verb intransitive

same as SPLASH1 2:

children splashing around in the tub

The babies have a good time splashing about in the pool.

splash

splash 2 [ splæʃ ] noun count

1. ) the sound of liquid hitting something, or the sound of something falling into a liquid:

He lost his balance and fell with a splash into the canal.

the splash of rain on the street

2. ) INFORMAL a small amount of one liquid that is added to another:

coffee with a splash of cream

a ) a small amount of bright color:

splashes of red

3. ) a mark made by a liquid splashing:

a splash of sauce on his sleeve

make a splash INFORMAL

to do or say something that becomes very popular or is noticed by a lot of people:

His new movie has made quite a splash on the east coast.