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# splash

«splash» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (splash, splashes, splashed, splashing); noun (a splash, splashes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To splash is to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m1)

2) To splash someone or something is to make them wet with drops of liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m2)

3) A splash is the sound or movement of liquid hitting something, or a small spot of liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m3)

4) A splash of colour is a small bright patch of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m4)

5) To make a splash is to get a lot of attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children splash in puddles, pools and the sea; in safety lessons, splashing in a pool is fine but pushing people in is not, and chemicals or hot liquids must not splash on skin or eyes. In stories it is an onomatopoeia — the word sounds like the noise. Phrases: «splash about», «make a splash», «splash of colour», «splash pool», «with a splash».

### examples

- The children splashed in the puddles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x1)
- A car splashed water all over my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x2)
- The frog jumped into the pond with a big splash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x3)
- Wear goggles so chemicals don't splash in your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x4)
- She added a splash of milk to her tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x5)
- The red flowers were a splash of colour in the grey yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x6)
- The new film made a splash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x7)
- We splashed about in the paddling pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x8)
- There was a splash, and then silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x9)

### note

Plural splashes; third person splashes. «Splash» is an onomatopoeic word (it sounds like what it means), useful in poems. «Splash» is short contact; «soak» means getting wet all through.

### In the corpora

- [They watch him splash past, rolling badly but rowing his hardest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/8/)
- [Of course Toad falls into the water with a splash and a squeal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/4/)
- [Add a splash of vinegar and it turns pink; add a pinch of baking soda and it turns blue-green.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/1/)
- [A burning pan must never be carried, because moving it can splash burning oil and spread the fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/19/)
- [Drowning can happen quickly and quietly, often without any shouting or splashing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «splash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.