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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splash  \Splash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Splashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Splashing}.]  [Akin  to  plash.] 
  1.  To  strike  and  dash  about  as  water,  mud,  etc.;  to  plash. 
 
  2.  To  spatter  water,  mud,  etc.,  upon  to  wet. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splash  \Splash\,  v.  i. 
  To  strike  and  dash  about  water,  mud,  etc.;  to  dash  in  such  a 
  way  as  to  spatter. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Splash  \Splash\,  n. 
  1.  Water,  or  water  and  dirt,  thrown  upon  anything  or  thrown 
  from  a  puddle  or  the  like  also  a  spot  or  daub,  as  of 
  matter  which  wets  or  disfigures. 
 
  2.  A  noise  made  by  striking  upon  or  in  a  liquid. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  splash 
  n  1:  the  sound  like  water  splashing  [syn:  {plash}] 
  2:  a  small  quantity  of  something  moist  or  soft;  "a  dab  of 
  paint";  "a  splatter  of  mud"  [syn:  {dab},  {splatter}] 
  3:  the  act  of  splashing  a  (liquid)  substance  on  a  surface  [syn: 
  {spatter},  {spattering},  {splashing},  {splattering}] 
  4:  the  act  of  scattering  water  about  haphazardly  [syn:  {splashing}] 
  v  1:  cause  (a  liquid)  to  spatter  about  esp.  with  force;  "She 
  splashed  the  water  around  her"  [syn:  {sprinkle},  {splosh}] 
  2:  walk  through  mud  or  mire;  "We  had  to  splosh  across  the  wet 
  meadow"  [syn:  {squelch},  {squish},  {splosh},  {slosh},  {slop}] 
  3:  dash  a  liquid  upon  or  against;  "The  mother  splashed  the 
  baby's  face  with  water"  [syn:  {spatter},  {splatter},  {plash}, 
  {splosh},  {swash}] 
  4:  mark  or  overlay  with  patches  of  contrasting  color  or 
  texture;  cause  to  appear  splashed  or  spattered;  "The 
  mountain  was  splashed  with  snow" 
  5:  make  a  splashing  sound;  of  liquids  [syn:  {splosh},  {slosh}, 
  {slush}] 
  6:  soil  or  stain  with  a  splashed  liquid 
  7:  strike  and  dash  about  in  a  liquid;  "The  boys  splashed  around 
  in  the  pool" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SPLash! 
 
  1.  Software  Research  Northwest,  1987.  Compiler  for  SPL[3]. 
 
  2.  Systems  Programming  LAnguage  for  Software  Hackers. 
  Mentioned  in  TeX  for  the  Impatient,  Paul  W.  Abrahams,  A-W 
  1990.




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