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1splash about — phrasal verb splash around or splash about [intransitive] Word forms splash around : present tense I/you/we/they splash around he/she/it splashes around present participle splashing around past tense splashed around past participle splashed… …
2splash about — ˌsplash a ˈround ˌsplash a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they splash around he/she/it splashes around present participle …
3splash — [[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,… …
4splash — splash1 [splæʃ] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: plash to splash (16 19 centuries), perhaps from Dutch plassen] 1.) if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise splash against/on/over ▪ The ocean splashed against the pier. 2.) …
5splash — 1 verb 1 (I) if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something noisily or it moves noisily (+ against/on/over): Great drops of rain splashed on the window. 2 (transitive always + adv/prep) to make someone or something wet with a lot of small… …
6splash around — phrasal verb splash around or splash about [intransitive] Word forms splash around : present tense I/you/we/they splash around he/she/it splashes around present participle splashing around past tense splashed around past participle splashed… …
7splash — [splash] vt. [intens. extension of PLASH2] 1. to cause (a liquid substance) to scatter and fall in drops or blobs 2. to dash or scatter a liquid substance, mud, etc. on, so as to wet or soil 3. to cause to splash a liquid [to splash one s feet in …
8splash — ► VERB 1) (with reference to a liquid) fall or cause to fall in scattered drops. 2) make wet or cover with scattered drops. 3) strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. 4) (splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 5) display… …
9Splash — Splash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. [1913 Webster] 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet. [1913 Webster] …
10Splash — Splash, v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter. [1913 Webster] …
