Definition of "splash"

splash

/splæʃ/

noun
plural splashes
1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
2. A small amount of liquid.
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  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.
  2014 August 17 (last accessed), Chris Morrison, “recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and shellfish froth”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 7 July 2013
3. A small amount (of color).
4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
5. An impact or impression.
6. (computing, informal) A splash screen.
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  When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
  2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
7. (wrestling) 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. (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
9. (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
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  So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.
  2006, Bob Franklin, Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News
  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: […]
  2019, Victoria Hoffarth, When Turtles Come Home, page 69
10. (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
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  Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.
  2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 267
11. (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
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  Jojo caught up and gave him a splashSlap that wap, get rid of them plats
  2020 July 2, “Stop Check”, Td of TPL (lyrics)‎, 1:52–1:56
12. (MLE, slang) A knife.
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  You grip your splash for fashion—me and you, we ain’t got the same intentions.
  2021 August 13, #CO CMoney (lyrics and music), “Don’t Ask”, 2:51–2:53
verb
third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed
1. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
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  I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
  1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
2. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
3. (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
4. To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
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  The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline -- "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin.
  1978 April 8, Eric Rogers, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, page 5
  Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page
  2012, “The Lucky One”, in Taylor Swift (lyrics), Red (Taylor's Version)‎, published 2021
5. (transitive) To spend (money).
6. (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
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  This was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic restrictions were lifted.
  2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport‎
7. (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
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  In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
  1999 March, David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea": Atlantic Monthly
8. (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
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  Planes were sighted at about 5000 yards, fire was opened at 4500 yards; the first plane was splashed about 1800 yards from the ship, the second was splashed about 3000 yards from the ship and rudder shifted to hard right.
  2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II, page 234
9. (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
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  Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacketNap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket
  2017 October 18, “Panic”, Knockoutned (lyrics), performed by #Moscow17 Ruth x Knockoutned

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