splash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: {plash}]
2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: {dab}, {splatter}]
3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
{spatter}, {spattering}, {splashing}, {splattering}]
4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: {splashing}]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, esp. with force; "She
splashed the water around her" [syn: {sprinkle}, {splosh}]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: {squelch}, {squish}, {splosh}, {slosh}, {slop}]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {plash},
{splosh}, {swash}]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
mountain was splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; of liquids [syn: {splosh}, {slosh},
{slush}]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"