splash

1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
2. To scatter fluid onto in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
3. To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water.
4. To make (one's way) with or by scattering of fluid.
5. To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to: a floral pattern that was splashed with pink; moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard.
6. To display or publicize very noticeably: Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.

1. 1. To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses: splashed about in the swimming pool.
   2. To fall into or move through fluid with this effect: We splashed through the waves.
2. 1. To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses: Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.
   2. To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.

1. The act or sound of splashing: went for a splash in the lake; heard the splash of the fish being thrown back.
2. 1. A flying mass of fluid.
   2. A small amount, especially of a fluid: a splash of liqueur on the cake.
3. A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid: a splash of light.
4. A great though often short-lived impression; a stir: a publicity splash.

splash down

1. To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile.

[Probably alteration of PLASH.]

verb

1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon: bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, spatter, splatter, spray, swash. See strike/miss.
2. To flow or move with a low slapping sound: bubble, burble, gurgle, lap, swash, wash. See move/halt, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

An abattoir term for large areas of hemorrhage in the form of brush marks or groups of spots, usually evident in muscles and under serous membranes.

To drive an Amtrac off the back of an amphibious ship.

Water bouncing upwards after water droplet hits it

In fluid mechanics, a splash is a sudden disturbance to the otherwise quiescent free surface of a liquid (usually water). The disturbance is typically caused by a solid object suddenly hitting the surface, although splashes can occur in which moving liquid supplies the energy. This use of the word is onomatopoeic.

Splashes are characterized by transient ballistic flow, and are governed by the Reynolds number and the Weber number.

Small scale splashes in which a droplet of liquid hits a free surface can produce symmetric forms that resemble a coronet; milk is often used as it is opaque.

Sand is said to splash if hit sufficiently hard (see dry quicksand) and sometimes the impact of a meteorite is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.

Physicist Lei Xu and coworkers at the University of Chicago discovered that the splash due to the impact of a small drop of ethanol onto a dry solid surface could be suppressed by reducing the pressure below a specific threshold. For drops of diameter 3.4 mm falling through air, this pressure was about 20 kilopascals, or 0.2 atmosphere.

See also

A splash after half a brick hits the water; the image is about half a meter across. Note the freely moving airborne water droplets, a phenomenon typical of high Reynolds number flows; the intricate non-spherical shapes of the droplets show that the Weber number is high. Also note the entrained bubbles in the body of the water, and an expanding ring of disturbance propagating away from the impact site

A drop of water splashing onto a hard surface

• Harold Eugene Edgerton, whose Milkdrop Coronet is arguably the most famous photograph of a splash
• Slosh, other free surface phenomenon

References

Lei Xu et al., "drop splashing on a dry smooth surface", Phys. Rev. Letts.(2005)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plask, sprøjt, stænk, plet, stillen til skue
v. tr. - stænke, pjaske, oversprøjte, slå stort op
v. intr. - stråle, give stærk farveeffekt

idioms:

• make a splash    flotte sig, gøre sig bemærket, skabe sensation
• splash a story    slå en historie stort op
• splash down    landing i havet
• splash guard    stænklap, stænkskærm
• splash out    flotte sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
(be)spatten, plonzen, plenzen, scheutig doen, opzien baren, uiteenspatten, plens, scheut, grootse vertoning

Français (French)
n. - plouf, tache, éclaboussure, giclée, touche (de couleur), goutte (d'une boisson)
v. tr. - éclabousser, s'asperger de, envoyer (de l'eau) sur (qn), (Journ) mettre (qch) à la une
v. intr. - éclabousser, traverser (qch) en pataugeant, traverser (qch) en faisant des éclaboussures, faire des éclaboussures (dans)

idioms:

• make a splash    faire une éclaboussure, faire sensation
• splash a story    une histoire qui fait la une des journaux
• splash down    amerrir
• splash guard    (Aut) garde-boue
• splash out    faire des frais, dépenser, claquer (de l'argent)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spritzen, Spritzer, Plätschern, Schuß
v. - spritzen, platschen, sprenkeln

idioms:

• make a splash    Furore machen
• splash a story    eine Story groß aufmachen
• splash down    wassern
• splash guard    Schmutzfänger
• splash out    unbekümmert Geld ausgeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παφλασμός, πιτσίλισμα, πιτσιλιά, (καθομ.) έντονη προβολή ή δημοσιότητα, πρωτοσέλιδος τίτλος, (Βρετ.) μικρή ποσότητα νερού ή σόδας για αραίωση ποτού
v. - πιτσιλίζω, παφλάζω, πλατσουρίζω, τσαλαβουτώ, βουτάω με παφλασμό, ξοδεύω επιδεικτικά, δημοσιεύω με εντυπωσιακούς τίτλους

idioms:

• make a splash    (καθομ.) εντυπωσιάζω, κάνω πάταγο
• splash a story    προβάλλω ένα θέμα
• splash down    προσθαλάσσωση διαστημικού οχήματος
• splash guard    φτερό (αυτοκινήτου κ.λπ.)
• splash out    ξοδεύω επιδεικτικά

Italiano (Italian)
sguazzare, gorgogliare, dare un tonfo, spruzzare, rovescio, goccio, schizzo

idioms:

• make a splash    far colpo
• splash a story    mettere in risalto
• splash down    ammaraggio
• splash guard    parafango
• splash out    spendacciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - som produzido quando algo cai na água, mancha de líquido, respingo (m)
v. - respingar, esguichar

idioms:

• make a splash    fazer estardalhaço
• splash a story    destacar uma notícia em primeira página
• splash down    pousar aeronave no mar
• splash guard    pára-lama (m)
• splash out    esbanjar

Русский (Russian)
всплеск, брызги, брызганье, пятно, брызгать, плескать, плескаться, шлепать по воде, плюхнуться, усыпать, тратить без счета

idioms:

• make a splash    наделать шуму, произвести сенсацию
• splash a story    напечатать материал под кричащим заголовком
• splash down    приводняться
• splash guard    грязевой щиток
• splash out    кутить, сорить деньгами

Español (Spanish)
n. - chorro, salpicadura, mancha
v. tr. - chapotear, salpicar, rociar, enlodar, manchar, bañar, lavar, humedecer
v. intr. - chapotear, chapuzarse, zambullirse, chapalear, esparcirse, levantarse o caer en salpicaduras o rociadas

idioms:

• make a splash    causar sensación
• splash a story    poner una noticia en primera plana
• splash down    amerizar
• splash guard    guardabarros
• splash out    derrochar o tirar el dinero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plask, plaskande, skvalpande, plums, stänk, fläck
v. - stänka ned, slaska, skvätta ut, sprida ut, slå upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
飞溅的水, 卖弄, 污点, 溅, 使溅起水, 泼, 溅湿, 飞溅, 溅开

idioms:

• make a splash    发出溅泼声
• splash a story    以显著地位报导
• splash down    溅落
• splash guard    挡泥板
• splash out    溅出, 挥霍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 飛濺的水, 賣弄, 污點
v. tr. - 濺, 使濺起水, 潑
v. intr. - 濺濕, 飛濺, 濺開

idioms:

• make a splash    發出濺潑聲
• splash a story    以顯著地位報導
• splash down    濺落
• splash guard    擋泥板
• splash out    濺出, 揮霍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 튀기기, 반점, 놀랄 정도의 겉치레
v. tr. - (물, 흙탕 따위를) 튀기다, 물 따위를 튀겨 더럽히다, (기사 등을) 크게 내다
v. intr. - 물을 튀기다, (우주선이) 착수하다, 첨벙첨벙 소리를 내며 ~하다

idioms:

• make a splash    텀벙하고 소리를 내다, 큰 평판이 나다, 호기롭게 지폐를 꺼내 쓰다
• splash down    (우주선이) 착수하다
• splash out    (돈을) 쓰다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - はね散らすこと, はね, 斑点, 少量の水, 書き立てること
v. - はねかける, …にはねかける, おおいに書き立てる, 水をはね散らす, はでに金を使う, はでに使う
adv. - ザブンと

idioms:

• make a splash    ザブンといわせる, 大評判をとる
• splash a story    書き立てる
• splash down    着水する
• splash guard    はねよけ
• splash out    飛び散らす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رشه, رشاش (فعل) رش, لوث بالماء, تناثر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התזה, קול שכשוך, כתם, הבלטה, סנסציה, תוספת מי-סודה‬
v. tr. - ‮שכשך, התיז, הזליף, הרטיב, בזבז (כסף)‬
v. intr. - ‮ניתז, השתכשך, התפלש‬

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