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Adjective: splashed  splasht
  1. (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses
    "with clothes wet by splashed water"
     
  2. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
    "gardens splashed with colour";
    - dabbled, spattered, splattered
Verb: splash  splash
  1. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
    "She splashed the water around her";
    - sprinkle, splosh [informal]
     
  2. Walk through mud or mire
    "We had to splash across the wet meadow";
    - squelch, squish, splosh [informal], slosh, slop
     
  3. Dash a liquid upon or against
    "The mother splashed the baby's face with water";
    - spatter, splatter, plash [rare], splosh [informal], swash
     
  4. Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting colour or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
    "The mountain was splashed with snow"
     
  5. Make a splashing sound
    "water was splashing on the floor";
    - splosh [informal], slosh, slush
     
  6. Soil or stain with a splashed liquid
     
  7. Strike and dash about in a liquid
    "The boys splashed around in the pool"

See also: covered, distributed

Type of: begrime, bemire [archaic], colly [archaic], cover, dirty, disperse, dot, dust, footslog, go, grime, overlay, pad, plod, scatter, slog, soil, sound, sprinkle, tramp, tromp [N. Amer, informal], trudge

Encyclopedia: Splash