Splash

Etymology
. Connected with splosh: and splish: by vowel (sound change); compare with  as in sing:/sang:/sung:/song:.

Synonyms

 * plash

Noun

 * 1)  The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
 * I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
 * 1) An impact or impression.
 * The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.

Translations

 * Finnish: loiskahdus, roiskahdus, loiskaus, roiskaus
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Polish: plusk
 * Russian: ,


 * French:, éclaboussure


 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
 * sit and splash in the bathtub
 * 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
 * I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
 * 1) To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
 * water splashed everywhere
 * 1) To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
 * The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
 * 1) To launch a ship.
 * 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", ''Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
 * 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.

Derived terms

 * splash down
 * splashback
 * splasher
 * splash guard/splashguard
 * splash pad/splashpad

Translations

 * Finnish: loiskuttaa, loiskia
 * Polish: pluskać


 * Russian: плескаться (pleskát's'a)
 * Spanish: chapotear, salpicar


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: расплескаться (rapl'eskát's'a)


 * French: faire du bruit


 * Russian: нашуметь (našum'ét')

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