splashdown
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splash·down

noun \ˈsplash-ˌdan\

Definition of SPLASHDOWN

: the landing of a manned spacecraft in the ocean
splash down intransitive verb

First Known Use of SPLASHDOWN

1959

Rhymes with SPLASHDOWN

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