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splash
English
Etymology
Probably an alteration of plash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /splæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
splash (plural splashes)
- (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
- A small amount of liquid.
- Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze. - recipe, Grilled fillet of halibut and langoustine tails with smoked haddock risotto and shellfish froth by Chris Morrison
- I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
- I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
- A small amount (of color).
- The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
- An impact or impression.
- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
- (computing, informal) A splash screen.
- 2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
- When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
- 2008, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
- (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
Synonyms
- (sound of liquid): plash
Translations
Verb
splash (third-person singular simple present splashes, present participle splashing, simple past and past participle splashed)
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “She Moves On”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
- (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
- (transitive) To spend (money).
- (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
- 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
- In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
- 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea", Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
- (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
- splish
- splosh
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably borrowed from English splash.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.?pl?.?/, /is.?pl?.?i/
Interjection
splash
- (onomatopoeia) splash.
Synonyms
- chuá
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babble
English
Etymology
From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-Germanic *babal?n? (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?a-b?a-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoetic/mimicry of infantile sounds. Cognate with Old Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), Old Norse babbla (“to babble”) (Swedish babbla), Middle Low German babbelen (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble, chat”), German pappeln and babbeln (“to babble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæb.l?/
- Rhymes: -æb?l
Verb
babble (third-person singular simple present babbles, present participle babbling, simple past and past participle babbled)
- (intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
- (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
- (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
- (intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from Descriptive Sketches
- In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from Descriptive Sketches
- (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- These [words] he used to babble indifferently in all companies.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- (transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).
Translations
Noun
babble (usually uncountable, plural babbles)
- Idle talk; senseless prattle
- Synonyms: gabble, twaddle
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, a Mask, line 823:
- This is mere moral babble.
- Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
- 1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
- The babble of our young children.
- 1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
- A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana
- The babble of the stream.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:chatter
Hyponyms
Translations
See also
- babblement
- babblery
References
- babble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
German
Verb
babble
- inflection of babbeln:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
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