splash

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Synonyms: plash, slash, splosh, splish, spash

Antonyms: plash, slash, splosh, splish, spash

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|onomatopoeia}} The sound made by an object hitting a [[liquid]].
2. A small amount of liquid.
3. A small amount (of color).
4. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
5. An [[impact]] or [[impression]].
6. {{lb|en|computing|informal}} A [[splash screen]].
7. {{lb|en|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. {{lb|en|dated}} A [[cosmetic]] [[powder]] to [[whiten]] the [[complexion]].
9. {{lb|en|journalism}} A large, [[prominent]] [[headline]] or [[article]].
10. {{lb|en|comics}} A [[splash page]].
11. {{lb|en|military|slang}} The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
12. {{lb|en|MLE|slang}} The [[bleeding]] caused by a [[knife]] [[wound]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[hit]] or [[agitate]] [[liquid]] so that [[part]] of it [[separate]]s from the [[principal]] [[liquid]] [[mass]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} {{q|of a liquid}} To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to [[splatter]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hit]] or [[agitate]] (liquid) so that [[part]] of it [[separate]]s from the [[principal]] [[liquid]] [[mass]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hit]] or [[expel]] [[liquid]] at.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To create an [[impact]] or [[impression]]; to [[print]], [[post]]{{,}} or [[publicize]] [[prominent]]ly.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[spend]] (money).
7. {{lb|en|figurative}} To [[roughly]] [[fill]] with [[color]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To [[launch]] a ship.
9. {{lb|en|military|slang}} To [[shoot down]] (an [[aircraft]]) over [[water]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive|MLE}} To [[stab]] (a person), causing them to [[bleed]].

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