splash
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Is splash a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.Examples: "I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond."onomatopoeic
2. (computing, informal) A splash screen.Examples: "When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration."informal
3. (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.
4. (dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.dated
5. (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.Examples: "So for a local newspaper, a splash on a fatal crash is just the first of a series of reports."; "After the brouhaha and the newspaper headline splashes, each of these contentious items would simply die its own quiet death to be replaced by a newer scandal: […]"
6. (comics) A splash page.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.Examples: "sit and splash in the bathtub"; "I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest"intransitive
2. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.Examples: "Water splashed everywhere."intransitive
3. (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.Examples: "She splashed water onto her face."; "I accidentally splashed some coffee on my keyboard."transitive
4. (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.Examples: "The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea."; "When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume."transitive
5. (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.Examples: "The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere."; "The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline -- "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin."; "Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page"transitive
6. (transitive) To spend (money).Examples: "After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary