splash

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

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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