splash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: splash	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for splash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
splash n the sound like water splashing Synonym(s): splash, plash a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" Synonym(s): stir, splash a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" Synonym(s): dab, splash, splatter a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface Synonym(s): spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering the act of scattering water about haphazardly Synonym(s): splash, splashing v cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" Synonym(s): sprinkle, splash, splosh walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" Synonym(s): squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" Synonym(s): spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow" make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" Synonym(s): splash, splosh, slosh, slush soil or stain with a splashed liquid strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Splash \Splash\, v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Splash \Splash\, n. 1. 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. 2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SPLash! 1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3]. 2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers. Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W 1990.