Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun splashing
2 senses of splashing
Sense 1
spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering -- (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)
=> painting -- (the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush")
Sense 2
splash, splashing -- (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)
=> wetting -- (the act of making something wet)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb splash
7 senses of splash
Sense 1
sprinkle, splash, splosh -- (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her")
=> scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")
Sense 2
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop -- (walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow")
=> slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp -- (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone")
Sense 3
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash -- (dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water")
=> scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")
Sense 4
splash -- (mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow")
=> overlay, cover -- (put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy")
Sense 5
splash, splosh, slosh, slush -- (make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor")
=> sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")
Sense 6
splash -- (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")
Sense 7
splash -- (strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool")