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splash

 
pronunciation:
splaesh
parts of speech:
verb, noun
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part of speech: verb
inflections: splashes, splashing, splashed
definition 1: to dash or spray.
The car splashed mud all over me.
similar words:
spatter
definition 2: to wet or soil by this means.
The truck splashed our car with mud.
similar words:
spatter
definition 3: to dash or spray a liquid, or be dashed or sprayed.
The waves splashed on the shore.
 
definition 4: to fall or move with a dashing of liquid.
We splashed in the ocean.
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act or sound of splashing.
At night I could hear the splash of waves.
similar words:
spatter
definition 2: a spot made by a splash of water or by other means.
There was a splash of sunlight on the sidewalk.
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derivation: splasher (n.)
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