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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



... mists which come on autumn evenings when the whiteness of the moonlight renders them more undefined and more treacherous. The great pools of water scattered through the glades gave forth a vapor so dense that when the gray crossed them, their presence was known only by a splashing noise, and the difficulty with which she drew her feet from ...
— The Devil's Pool • George Sand
... stream running across the farm. They had no bathing frocks but their skins, and sometimes Clive, sitting stark on the bank, palette in hand, painted the others as they tumbled in the dark brown water, sporting and splashing like a lot of schoolboys. Afterwards they would mooch home through the shimmering noontide heat, deliciously tired, wrapped in reflection and their towels. Ghostie provided a perpetual jest by wearing a smart Paris hat with a high cerise crown. She said it ...
— Blue Aloes - Stories of South Africa • Cynthia Stockley
... which had been frightened into hiding by the splashing of her early progress, came timidly, again, from their dim lurking places, to eye this new companion of the bath with less distrust, more curiosity. With sinuous stroke, so slow it scarcely made a ripple, so strong it sent her steadily and firmly on her zig-zag ...
— In Old Kentucky • Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey
... crocodiles of Africa. Accidents occur, and there are certain places where swimming and bathing are dangerous; but in most places the people swim freely, although they are usually careful to find spots they believe safe or else to keep together and make a splashing ...
— Through the Brazilian Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt
... ye ever said," cried George, and he swung his colts into view. "It'll favour you and I'll keep my vow." He raised the gun. The splashing of the distant dogs broke the silence. A native ...
— Pardners • Rex Beach


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