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noun sound; amount of liquid ADJ. big, huge | small | loud | soft VERB + SPLASH make (often figurative) She intended to make a big splash with her wedding. | hear PREP. with a ~ She jumped into the pool with a splash. area of colour/light ADJ. bold, bright a bold splash of red VERB + SPLASH add, lend Window boxes of tulips added a splash of colour to the street. PHRASES a splash of colour/light, verb in/with water ADV. happily The baby was splashing happily in the bath. | about, around splashing around in the sea PREP. against Rain splashed against the window. | on/onto She splashed some petrol onto the wood and set fire to it. | over She splashed some water over her boots to clean them. | through They splashed through the puddles. | with Her clean washing was all splashed with mud. be splashed with sth: with a colour ADV. generously, liberally He was in his mid-forties, his hair liberally splashed with grey.
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made by a liquid
splash
the sound that a liquid makes when something hits it, or when it hits against another thing:
• She jumped into the pool with a big splash. • the splash of the waves against the rocks
gurgle
the low sound that water makes when it flows gently over or through something:
• the gurgle of a stream • She listened to the gurgle as the water drained out of the bath.
plop
the sudden short sound when something is dropped into a liquid:
• Kate dropped the ice into her glass with a plop.
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