Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 23767 6306109 2009-03-25T13:37:26Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} [[Image:2006-02-13_Drop-impact.jpg|thumb|right|A splash.]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-splash.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|æʃ}} ===Synonyms=== * [[plash]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun|es}} # {{onomatopoeia}} The sound made by an object hitting a [[liquid]]. #:* I heard a '''splash''' when the rock landed in the pond. # An [[impact]] or [[impression]]. #:* The new movie made quite a '''splash''' upon its release. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|The sound made by an object hitting a liquid}} * Finnish: [[loiskahdus]], [[roiskahdus]], [[loiskaus]], [[roiskaus]] * French: [[plouf]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: [[schizzo]] * Russian: [[всплеск]] (vspl'esk) {{m}}, [[плеск]] (pl'esk) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|An impact or impression}} * French: [[bruit]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[шумиха]] (šumíχa) {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|splash|es}} # To hit or [[agitate]] liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. #:* sit and '''splash''' in the bathtub #: '''1990''' October 28, [[w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon]], “She Moves On”, ''[[w:The Rhythm of the Saints|The Rhythm of the Saints]]'', Warner Bros. #:* I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still '''splashes''' inside my chest # To disperse a fluid suddenly; to [[splatter]]. #:* water '''splashed''' everywhere # To create an impact or [[impression]]; to print, post or [[publicize]] [[prominent]]ly. #:* The headline was '''splashed''' across newspapers everywhere. # 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. ====Derived terms==== * [[splash down]] * [[splashback]] * [[splash guard]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|To hit or agitate liquid}} * Finnish: [[loiskuttaa]], [[loiskia]] * Russian: [[плескаться]] (pleskát's'a) {{impf}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: [[chapotear]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To splatter or spread around suddenly}} * Finnish: [[roiskua]] {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[расплескаться]] (rapl'eskát's'a) {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To create an impact or impression}} * French: [[faire du bruit]] {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[нашуметь]] (našum'ét') {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To launch a ship}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:English ergative verbs]] [[Category:Liquids]] [[Category:Onomatopoeia]] [[fa:splash]] [[fr:splash]] [[io:splash]] [[hu:splash]] [[ja:splash]] [[pt:splash]] [[ru:splash]] [[ta:splash]] [[te:splash]] [[vi:splash]] [[zh:splash]]