Definition of "splash" []

• To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses. (verb-transitive)
• To scatter fluid onto in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid. (verb-transitive)
• To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses: splashed their hands in the water. (verb-transitive)
• To make (one's way) with or by scattering of fluid. (verb-transitive)
• To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to: a floral pattern that was splashed with pink; moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Then, while he was still listening to the unfamiliar echo of his own voice, he heard just behind him a _splash, splash, splash_, and his left arm jerked itself spasmodically from beneath his breast, the hand simultaneously touching a substance that was hard, cold, and slimy."
• "The alarm was taken by half a dozen more, and by the time the two boys were afoot and had seized their weapons -- _splash, splash, splash_!"
• "_Splash, splash, splash_, and then the dog's progress seemed to be checked, as the boys followed into a pool of water which filled all the tunnel to the sides."