as in sprinkling
a very small amount
at least you have a splash of common sense—which is more than we can say for your mother
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as in to splatter
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles
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as in to bubble
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor
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Recent Examples of splash
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Aim for 3/4 to 1 cup of sugar, 1 to 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, and a splash of vanilla.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga seemingly made a big splash, with stars such as Elle Fanning, Tessa Thompson and Naomi Watts sporting the textural designs, while others such as Ayo Edebiri and Kirsten Wiig opted for Matthieu Blazy’s new Chanel.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Aim for 3/4 to 1 cup of sugar, 1 to 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, and a splash of vanilla.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
Guoda, who did not share her last name, posted a clip on TikTok (@mamadailyl) of her daughter’s feet splashing in the water.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splash
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What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood spatter — of the new horror novels that kept us awake for all the right reasons this year.—
Neil McRobert,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pacific Time, under a sprinkling Seattle sky and a closed roof at T-Mobile Park.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Working on one window at a time, spray the solution generously over the entire surface.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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The fence corners are clean, so are the ditches, and the fruit trees have been pruned and sprayed.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025
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Installed in 1903, the statue was removed in 2017, after being splattered with paint.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Malinche’s walls, save for one made of red brick, are splattered with a mixture of adobe, clay and hay, and the ceiling is covered with panels of brown curtains hanging at different heights.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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The tables were empty and the bar deserted, the only sign of life the clank and swish of dishes being washed in the back, through the swinging double doors.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hands and surfaces should be washed after preparing raw meat.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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What epic tales might try to picture the explosion of the supervolcano in the Rocky Mountains and the gigantic crater lake of bubbling acid that eons ago swallowed places called Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Bake in preheated oven until apples are tender and filling is bubbling, 45 to 50 minutes, covering edges with foil as needed to prevent any overbrowning.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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In their 2021 work, the Google researchers were able to observe in detail how information spread across Sycamore’s grid of qubits, rippling outward from an initial state.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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Paying off just the interest on this debt threatens to ripple through the economy.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The small glimmer of hope, though, is home price growth appears to be slowing, according to the Case-Shiller indices.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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However, fans got a small glimmer of hope on Friday when Jackson was upgraded to a full participant in practice after being limited on Wednesday and Thursday.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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It can be sprinkled on infested carpet to quickly exterminate any present carpet beetles, then vacuumed up after two hours.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Kevin O’Connell will no doubt endeavor to get McCarthy off to a strong scripted start, and the Minnesota game plan from there should be centered around easy completions with the occasional big-time throw sprinkled in.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Splash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splash. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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