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What (who) is splash - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Splash (disambiguation); SPLASH; Splash (album); Splash (band); Splash (American band); Splash (group); Splash (musical group); Splash (song); Splash Magazine
splash
¦ verb
1. make liquid strike or fall on (something) in drops.
(of a liquid) fall or be scattered in drops.
strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about.
(splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water.
2. display (a story or photograph) in a prominent place in a newspaper or magazine.
3. (splash out or splash money out) Brit. informal spend money freely.
4. (be splashed with) be decorated with scattered patches of.
¦ noun
1. an instance of splashing or the sound made by this.
a small quantity of liquid that has splashed on to a surface.
a small quantity of liquid added to a drink.
2. a bright patch of colour.
3. informal a prominent news feature or story.
Phrases
make a splash informal attract a great deal of attention.
Derivatives
splashy adjective
Origin
C18: alt. of plash.
splash
n. (colloq.)
vivid impression
to make a (big) splash
splash
(splashes, splashing, splashed)
1.
If you splash about or splash around in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air.
A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about...
She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool...
The gliders and their pilots splashed into the lake and had to be fished out.
VERB: V about/around, V, V into n
2.
If you splash a liquid somewhere or if it splashes, it hits someone or something and scatters in a lot of small drops.
He closed his eyes tight, and splashed the water on his face...
A little wave, the first of many, splashed in my face...
Beer splashed the carpet...
Lorries rumbled past them, splashing them with filthy water from the potholes in the road...
VERB: V n prep, V prep/adv, V n, V n with n
3.
A splash is the sound made when something hits water or falls into it.
There was a splash and something fell clumsily into the water.
N-SING
4.
A splash of a liquid is a small quantity of it that falls on something or is added to something.
Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes...
N-COUNT
5.
A splash of colour is an area of a bright colour which contrasts strongly with the colours around it.
Anne has left the walls white, but added splashes of colour with the tablecloth and the paintings.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n
6.
If a magazine or newspaper splashes a story, it prints it in such a way that it is very noticeable.
The newspapers splashed the story all over their front pages...
VERB: V n
7.
If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
Now she's made a splash in the American television show 'Civil Wars'.
PHRASE: V inflects
Examples of use of splash
1. Luis Garr said he didn‘t hear the engine but heard the splash as the plane "kind of landed into the water." "It‘s a big splash, a huge splash. ... Then it started going down," Garr said.
2. Micky Jagtiani, chairman of Landmark Group, which owns and operates the Splash chain of stores, cut the ribbon to mark the formal opening of the Splash store.
3. Flip–flop shod I splash through puddles, smiling to myself.
4. Everyone wanted Williams to make a bigger splash.
5. Her campaign plans a different type of advertising splash, however.