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Added 9 October 2026

splash

/splæʃ/ noun

In Latin: aspergō, respergō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about splash at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
A small amount of liquid.
I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
A small amount (of color).
The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful

verb

To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
sit and splash in the bathtub
To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
Water splashed everywhere.
To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
She splashed water onto her face.

Origin

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).

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