splashing (verb)
1splish-splash — /splɪʃ ˈsplæʃ/ (say splish splash) noun 1. the sound of water splashing. –verb (t) 2. to paddle in water, producing such a sound. –splishing and splashing, noun …
2splash around — verb play in or as if in water, as of small children • Syn: ↑dabble, ↑paddle • Hypernyms: ↑play • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s …
3slosh — verb 1》 (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound. ↘move through liquid with a splashing sound. ↘pour (liquid) clumsily. 2》 Brit. informal hit hard. noun 1》 an act or sound of splashing. ↘a quantity of liquid… …
4dabble — verb (dabbled; dabbling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of 2dab Date: 1557 transitive verb to wet by splashing or by little dips or strokes ; spatter intransitive verb 1. a …
5dabble — verb a) To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness. The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water. b) To participate or have an interest in, but not so seriously …
6splosh — verb a) to make the sound of splashing b) to traverse mushy, marshy or otherwise viscus land See Also: splash, splish …
7splash — verb 1》 make liquid strike or fall on (something) in drops. ↘(of a liquid) fall or be scattered in drops. ↘strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. ↘(splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 2》 display (a story or …
8splash — splash1 [ splæʃ ] verb * 1. ) intransitive splash on/over/onto if a liquid splashes, it moves or hits something noisily: Water began splashing over the side of the boat. A little bit of her drink had splashed onto the table. a ) transitive if a… …
9splash — [[t]splæ̱ʃ[/t]] splashes, splashing, splashed 1) VERB If you splash about or splash around in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air. [V about/around] A lot of people were in the water,… …
10splash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of plash Date: 1715 intransitive verb 1. a. to strike and dash about a liquid or semiliquid substance b. to move in or into a liquid or semiliquid substance and cause it to spatter 2. a. (1) to become spattered a …
