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splash

  • noun
  • /splæʃ/

The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

Example

“I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.”

Other meanings

  1. A small amount of liquid.

    “I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.”

  2. A small amount (of color).

    “The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful”

Related words

  • splash cup
  • hull splash
  • splash party
  • make a splash
  • splash-and-dash
  • splash about
  • splash and dash
  • splash park
  • splash stick
  • splash text
  • splash-and-go
  • splash-dash

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “splash” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.