splash

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noun

1 sound; amount of liquid

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, huge, large

▪ little, small

▪ loud

▪ soft

VERB + SPLASH

▪ make (often figurative)

▪

She intended to make a big splash with her wedding.

▪ hear

PREPOSITION

▪ splash of

▪

a splash of cold water in the face

▪ with a splash

▪

She jumped into the pool with a splash.

2 area of colour/color, light, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ bold, bright

▪

a bold splash of red

PHRASES

▪ a splash of colour/color

▪

Window boxes of tulips added a splash of colour/color to the street.

▪ a splash of light

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verb

ADVERB

▪ happily

▪

The baby was splashing happily in the bathtub.

▪ about (esp. BrE), around

▪

The children were splashing around in the river.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

▪

Rain splashed against the window.

▪ on, onto

▪

She splashed some water onto the stain.

▪ over

▪

She splashed some water over her boots to clean them.

▪ through

▪

They splashed through the puddles.

▪ with

▪

Her clean clothes were all splashed with mud.

PHRASES

▪ be splashed across the front page, be splashed on the cover

▪

The next day his exploits were splashed across the front page.

Splash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑blood, ↑fountain, ↑rain, ↑water, ↑wave

Splash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑water