MEANING
To scatter liquid in drops by impact or vigorous movement, or move through it so it scatters.
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Words that belong together
- water splashes
- splash against rocks
- splash through puddles
On the page
Water splashed over the fallen branch.
The child splashed through the shallow ford.
A wave splashed against the ledge and soaked the ferns.
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Word forms
- Base
- splash / splashes
- Past tense
- splashed
- Past participle
- splashed
- Present participle
- splashing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- splash / splashes
- Present continuous
- am/is/are splashing
- Present perfect
- have/has splashed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been splashing
- Past
- splashed
- Past continuous
- was/were splashing
- Past perfect
- had splashed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been splashing
- Future
- will splash / splashes
- Future continuous
- will be splashing
- Future perfect
- will have splashed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been splashing
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Usage notes
Primary category: environment. The action usually creates a brief impact sound; also a noun for the scattered water or its noise. Verb [base, third-person, past, past participle, -ing]: splash, splashes, splashed, splashed, splashing.
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