splash

English

A splash.

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Etymology

Probably an alteration of plash.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /splæʃ/
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Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

splash (plural splashes)

(onomatopoeia) 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.
- (Can we date this quote?), Chris Morrison, “recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and shellfish froth”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
  Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze.
I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
A small amount (of color).
The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
An impact or impression.
The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
(computing, informal) A splash screen.
- 2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
  When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
(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.
(dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
(journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
- 2006, Bob Franklin, Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News
  So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports.
- 2019, Victoria Hoffarth, When Turtles Come Home (page 69)
  After the brouhaha and the newspaper headline splashes, each of these contentious items would simply die its own quiet death to be replaced by a newer scandal: […]
(military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- 2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II (page 267)
  Hits were observed, but again the poor functioning of VT ammunition hindered in effecting a splash.
(MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- 2020 July 2, Td of TPL (lyrics), “Stop Check”‎, 1:52–1:56:
  Jojo caught up and gave him a splash
  Slap that wap, get rid of them plats
(MLE, slang) A knife.
Synonyms: splasher, jooka ~ jooker, nank, shank, bassy, rambo, pokey, chete, ying
- 2021 August 13, #CO CMoney (lyrics and music), “Don’t Ask”, 2:51–2:53:
  You grip your splash for fashion—me and you, we ain’t got the same intentions.

Synonyms

(sound of liquid): plash

Translations

sound made by an object hitting a liquid

Bulgarian: плясък (bg) m (pljasǎk), цопване (bg) n (copvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 濺潑聲／溅泼声 (jiànpō shēng)
Dutch: plons (nl) m
Esperanto: plaŭdo
Finnish: loiskahdus (fi), loiskaus, lätsähdys (fi)
French: plouf (fr) m
German: Spritzen (de)
Hungarian: csobbanás
Italian: schizzo (it), tonfo (it) m, sciacquio (it) m
Korean: 튀기다 (ko) (twigida), 튀김 (ko) (twigim)
Macedonian: пле́сок m (plésok)
Michif: chimuck
Polish: plusk (pl) m
Portuguese: chape (pt) m
Romanian: pleosc (ro)
Russian: всплеск (ru) m (vsplesk), плеск (ru) m (plesk)
Slovak: plesk m, čľup m
Spanish: salpicadura
Swedish: plask (sv) n
Ukrainian: плеск m (plesk), плю́скіт m (pljúskit)
Vietnamese: tùm (vi), ùm (vi), tõm (vi)

small amount of liquid

Finnish: tippa (fi), liraus
Galician: salseiro (gl) m (of sea water)

small amount of color

Finnish: häivähdys (fi)

mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid

Finnish: roiske (fi)

impact or impression

Finnish: vaikutus (fi)
French: bruit (fr) m, éclaboussure (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: tonfo (it) m
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Russian: шуми́ха (ru) f (šumíxa)

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} შხეფი (šxepi)

Verb

splash (third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed)

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
To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
water splashed everywhere
(transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
- 2012, Taylor Swift (lyrics), “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version)‎, published 2021:
  Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page
(transitive) To spend (money).
After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
(figurative) To roughly fill with color.
- 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport‎:
  This was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic restrictions were lifted.
(transitive, nautical) 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.
(military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- 2010, Robin L. Rielly, Kamikaze Attacks of World War II (page 234)
  Planes were sighted at about 5000 yards, fire was opened at 4500 yards; the first plane was splashed about 1800 yards from the ship, the second was splashed about 3000 yards from the ship and rudder shifted to hard right.
(transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- 2017 October 18, Knockoutned (lyrics), “Panic”, performed by #Moscow17 Ruth x Knockoutned:
  Grab him, don't panic, rambo under my jacket
  Nap him, splash him, then I'm petrol bath my jacket

Translations

to hit or agitate liquid

Bulgarian: плискам (bg) (pliskam)
Catalan: esquitxar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潑／泼 (zh) (pō), 濺／溅 (zh) (jiàn)
Czech: cákat (cs) impf
Dutch: spetteren (nl)
Finnish: loiskuttaa (fi), loiskia
French: éclabousser (fr), asperger (fr)
Galician: salpicar, batuxar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: plätschern (de), platschen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: καχλάζω (kakhlázō)
Hungarian: fröcsköl (hu), lubickol (hu)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: し吹く (しぶく, shibuku), はね散らす (はねちらす, hanechirasu)
Khmer: ក្រឡក (km) (krâlâk)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: пли́ска (plíska)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: pōhutu, pōhutuhutu
Norwegian: plaske (no), skvette, stenke
Polish: pluskać (pl)
Portuguese: chapinhar (pt)
Russian: плеска́ться (ru) impf (pleskátʹsja), бры́згаться (ru) impf (brýzgatʹsja)
Spanish: chapotear (es), salpicar (es)
Swedish: stänka (sv), skvätta (sv), plaska (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: хлюпати impf (xljupaty), хлю́патися impf (xljúpatysja)
Walloon: spiter (wa), tchapoter (wa)

to splatter or spread around suddenly

Bulgarian: пръскам (bg) (prǎskam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: stříkat (cs), postříkat
Finnish: roiskua (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: csobban (hu), loccsan (hu), fröccsen, fröccsent, löttyint
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ខ្ទាត (km) (khtiət)
Macedonian: пр́ска (pŕska)
Malay: cebar-cebur
Maori: pūhoru, pōhutu
Nanai: писири
Portuguese: espalhar (pt)
Russian: плеска́ть (ru) impf (pleskátʹ), бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), расплеска́ться (ru) pf (raspleskátʹsja) (spill)
Scots: blash
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sıçramak (tr), sıçratmak (tr)
Ukrainian: розлива́тися impf (rozlyvátysja), хлю́патися impf (xljúpatysja), бри́зкати (uk) impf (brýzkaty)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Westrobothnian: söusk, straaintj, sausk
Yiddish: שפּריצן‎ (shpritsn)

to create an impact or impression

French: faire du bruit (fr)
Hungarian: szenzációként tálal
Russian: нашуме́ть (ru) pf (našumétʹ)

to launch a ship

Derived terms

hull splash
make a splash
splash-and-dash
splashback
splashboard
splash cymbal
splash damage
splash down/splashdown
splasher
splash guard/splashguard
splash out
splash pad/splashpad
splash page
splashproof
splash screen
splashy

Related terms

splish
splosh

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English splash.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈplɛʃ/, /esˈplɛʃ/, /isˈplɛ.ʃi/, /esˈplɛ.ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈplɛʃ/, /eʃˈplɛʃ/, /iʃˈplɛ.ʃi/, /eʃˈplɛ.ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈplɛʃ/, /esˈplɛ.ʃe/

Interjection

splash

(onomatopoeia) splash
Synonym: chuá