noun
- The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
- synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splattering
- The act of scattering water about haphazardly.
- synonyms: splash
verb
- Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force.
- usage: "She splashed the water around her"
- Walk through mud or mire.
- usage: "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
- Dash a liquid upon or against.
- usage: "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
- Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered.
- usage: "The mountain was splashed with snow"
- synonyms: splash
- Make a splashing sound.
- usage: "water was splashing on the floor"
- Soil or stain with a splashed liquid.
- synonyms: splash
- Strike and dash about in a liquid.
- usage: "The boys splashed around in the pool"
- synonyms: splash
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