Hypertext Webster Gateway: "splash"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
splash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: {plash}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {dab}, {splatter}]
3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
{spatter}, {spattering}, {splashing}, {splattering}]
4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: {splashing}]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, esp. with force; "She
splashed the water around her" [syn: {sprinkle}, {splosh}]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: {squelch}, {squish}, {splosh}, {slosh}, {slop}]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {plash},
{splosh}, {swash}]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
mountain was splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; of liquids [syn: {splosh}, {slosh},
{slush}]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"
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