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splashsplash /splæʃ/ verb ➔ see To Make a Sound verb | verb | noun
splashsplash1 /splæʃ/ verb 
► splash to make someone or something wet with a lot of small drops of water or other liquid: He splashed water on his face. The kids were splashing each other in the pool.
► spray to make a liquid come out of something in very small drops: The farmers spray chemicals on the plants to protect them from insects.
► sprinkle to scatter small pieces of something or drops of liquid onto another thing: Sprinkle some salt onto the vegetables. If you sprinkle water on the clothes, they are easier to iron.
► squirt to force liquid to come out of a narrow hole in a thin fast stream: I squirted some oil in the lock, to make the key turn more easily.
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splashsplash2 /splæʃ/ noun ► splash a large drop of liquid: Add a splash of lemon juice to your cola. There were a few splashes of paint on the floor. ➔ You also use splash about the sound or movement that is made when liquid hits something, or when something hits liquid: There was a big splash when he jumped in the pool.
► spray a lot of very small drops of liquid that come out of a container: Farmers use sprays to protect their crops from insects.
► squirt a short fast thin stream of liquid: He put a squirt of ketchup on his French fries.