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Splashing   /splˈæʃɪŋ/   Listen
Splashing

noun
1.
The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.  Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splattering.
2.
The act of scattering water about haphazardly.  Synonym: splash.


Splash

verb
(past & past part. splashed; pres. part. splashing)
1.
Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force.  Synonyms: splosh, sprinkle.
2.
Walk through mud or mire.  Synonyms: slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish.
3.
Dash a liquid upon or against.  Synonyms: plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash.
4.
Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered.
5.
Make a splashing sound.  Synonyms: slosh, slush, splosh.
6.
Soil or stain with a splashed liquid.
7.
Strike and dash about in a liquid.



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"Splashing" Quotes from Famous Books



... the hare scudding forth, lo! the trout in the stream Gently splashing, are stirring the folds of my dream, The cattle are rising, and hark, the first bird,— And now in full chorus the ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... Nehal Singh interrupted. He stopped by the splashing fountain and gazed dreamily into the clear waters. His own face he saw there—and another which was neither bad, cruel, nor hypocritical, but wholly beautiful. "Not all," he repeated. "You judge by one man. There are others, ...
— The Native Born - or, The Rajah's People • I. A. R. Wylie
... cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village. The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools. When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them. It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between. ...
— The Intriguers • Harold Bindloss
... I can describe him. He was short and tubby; if he had been any shorter he would have been a human Humpty-Dumpty. He was so obviously enjoying himself and getting the best out of his gambols in the water that my heart went out to him. He was ducking and splashing about, rolling and wallowing in a way that reminded me of a hippopotamus I had once shot at—and missed—in happier if not more spacious days spent on the lower Nile. "The Hippo" I christened him, and then chuckled to myself at the singular appropriateness ...
— The Lost Valley • J. M. Walsh
... of the river was again free, the Woodbridge shell was half a length behind and obviously beaten. A pang of disappointment shot through Tom. Oh, well, it was a fitting climax to the day. There they were, slipping back and back. They were splashing badly, and one of the Woodbridge men was obviously not pulling his weight. Then the Hartley boat flashed over the finish amid the tooting of countless automobiles along the banks, a winner by a length ...
— Tutors' Lane • Wilmarth Lewis


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