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splash /splæ ʃ/ (splashes , splashing , splashed )

1 VERB If you splash about or splash around in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air. □ [V about/around ] A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about. □ [V ] She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool. □ [V + into ] The gliders and their pilots splashed into the lake and had to be fished out.

2 VERB If you splash a liquid somewhere or if it splashes , it hits someone or something and scatters in a lot of small drops. □ [V n prep] He closed his eyes tight, and splashed the water on his face. □ [V prep/adv] A little wave, the first of many, splashed in my face. □ [V n] Coffee splashed the carpet. □ [V n + with ] Lorries rumbled past them, splashing them with filthy water from the potholes in the road.

3 N‑SING A splash is the sound made when something hits water or falls into it. □  There was a splash and something fell clumsily into the water.

4 N‑COUNT A splash of a liquid is a small quantity of it that falls on something or is added to something. □  Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes.

5 N‑COUNT A splash of colour is an area of a bright colour which contrasts strongly with the colours around it. □ [+ of ] Anne left the walls white, but added splashes of colour with the paintings.

6 VERB If a magazine or newspaper splashes a story, it prints it in such a way that it is very noticeable. □ [V n] The newspapers splashed the story all over their front pages.

7 PHRASE If you make a splash , you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done. □  Now she's made a splash in a top American television show.

▸  splash out PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money. [BRIT ] □ [V P ] He wanted to splash out on a new car.

splash|down /splæ ʃdaʊn/ (splashdowns ) N‑COUNT A splashdown is the landing of a spacecraft in the sea after a flight.

splat /splæ t/ N‑SING ; N‑COUNT Splat is used to describe the sound of something wet hitting a surface with a lot of force. □  The egg landed on my cheek with a splat.

splat|ter /splæ tə ^r / (splatters , splattering , splattered ) VERB If a thick wet substance splatters on something or is splattered on it, it drops or is thrown over it. □ [V adv/prep] The rain splattered against the french windows. □ [V n] 'Sorry Edward,' I said, splattering the cloth with jam. □ [V -ed] …a mud-splattered white shirt.

splay /sple I / (splays , splaying , splayed ) VERB If things splay or are splayed , their ends are spread out away from each other. □ [V n] He splayed his fingers across his face. □ [V adv/prep] His fingers splay out in a star shape. □ [V -ed] He was on his stomach, his legs splayed apart.

spleen /spliː n/ (spleens )

1 N‑COUNT Your spleen is an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu poss N ] Spleen is great and bitter anger. [FORMAL ] □  His latest book vents his spleen against everything he hates about his country.

splen|did /sple nd I d/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you say that something is splendid , you mean that it is very good. □  Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds. ●  splen|did|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  I have heard him tell people that we get along splendidly.