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Synonyms for splash

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

dab splatter spatter splattering rambo stir chop plash

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Splatter

splatter, dash, dab, blot, fleck, speck

2. Spatter

spatter, splattering, spattering, splotch

3. Shank — A knife

rambo, pokey, ying, bassy, splasher, nank, shank slang, chete slang

Other

stir, plash, chop, daub, poker, cutter, borer, jook, cheffer, mindy slang

Verb

1. Slosh

slosh, squish informal, slush, slop, squelch, splosh

2. Chef — to stab (a person), causing them to bleed

chef, ching

Other

sprinkle, swash

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A knife.

  2. n. 2

    The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

    I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.

  3. v. 1

    To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.

  4. v. 2

    To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.

    sit and splash in the bathtub

Related words

Word family
splash-and-dash splash-and-go splashback splashboard splasher splashy splurge splosh
Phrases
splash around splash out splash cup splash guard splash page splash park splash screen

Forms

Plural
splashes → splatters, dashes, dabs, blots…
Past participle
splashed
e.g. splashed → sloshed, squished, slushed, slopped…

Example sentences

  • dab Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the US.
  • splatter He finds joy in splatter painting and the chaos it brings.
  • spatter There was blood spatter everywhere in the room.
  • splattering Avoid spilling or splattering oils and strong dyes on your apron.
  • rambo Run to the video store and get us a copy of Rambo.
  • stir Kid, stir the chocolate, so that it doesn't stick.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
splashrising
dabrising
splatterrising
spattersteady
splatteringrising
rambosteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dab1
4 letters
chef1, dash1, stir1, chop1, ying1, blot1, slop1, daub1, jook, nank
5 letters
poker2, ching1, shank1, mindy2, speck1, rambo2, slush1, fleck1, pokey2, borer2, swash, slosh1, bassy, plash
6 letters
cutter2, squish, splosh
7 letters
spatter2, squelch1, splotch, cheffer
8 letters
sprinkle2, splatter2, splasher
10 letters
spattering3
11 letters
splattering3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poker2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
plouf
Italiano
tonfo