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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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kablooie
English
Alternative forms
- ka-blooey, ka-blooie
- kablooey
- kerblooie, kerplooie
Etymology
ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.
Pronunciation
Noun
kablooie (uncountable)
- (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything.
Usage notes
Most frequently used in the phrase to go kablooie or it went kablooie.
Derived terms
- blooey
kablooie From the web:
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