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as in splattering
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 washing
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 splashing
Currently, sewage and industrial waste drops from culvert pipes onto rocks below, creating splashing that releases airborne pollutants.
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
As for tools, Byatt employs a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, some plastic wrap to control splashing once the buttermilk separates from the fat solids, and a bowl of ice water to help rinse out the last remaining buttermilk.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2026
Four space station fliers undocked and plunged back to Earth, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean early Thursday off the Southern California coast six days after NASA ordered them home early because of a medical issue.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
This involves filling a bowl with ice and water and splashing her face with the water 25 times to wake up her skin, energize it, and tighten it.
—Elise Tabin, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Mulch can act as a softening barrier to reduce splashing.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Powdery mildews produce spores in spring that move to susceptible host tissue by insect or human activity, wind, or splashing raindrops.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
To one side, the marsh spreads across more than 20 square miles of pools and islands choked with cattails and phragmites, convoys of pelicans descending and splashing down for a rest on their journey south from the Great Salt Lake or other western waters.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The eye, though, is much more parsimonious, focusing its attention only on a small part of the visual scene at any one time—namely, the part of the scene that changes, like the fluttering of a leaf or a golf ball splashing into water.
—Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025
Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
As for tools, Byatt employs a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, some plastic wrap to control splashing once the buttermilk separates from the fat solids, and a bowl of ice water to help rinse out the last remaining buttermilk.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2026
Four space station fliers undocked and plunged back to Earth, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean early Thursday off the Southern California coast six days after NASA ordered them home early because of a medical issue.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
This involves filling a bowl with ice and water and splashing her face with the water 25 times to wake up her skin, energize it, and tighten it.
—Elise Tabin, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Mulch can act as a softening barrier to reduce splashing.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Powdery mildews produce spores in spring that move to susceptible host tissue by insect or human activity, wind, or splashing raindrops.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
To one side, the marsh spreads across more than 20 square miles of pools and islands choked with cattails and phragmites, convoys of pelicans descending and splashing down for a rest on their journey south from the Great Salt Lake or other western waters.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The eye, though, is much more parsimonious, focusing its attention only on a small part of the visual scene at any one time—namely, the part of the scene that changes, like the fluttering of a leaf or a golf ball splashing into water.
—Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashing
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Written and directed by Swift, the clip sees the singer fall in love with a fellow loner (Domhnall Gleeson) after spraying herself with a love potion fittingly called Opalite.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
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Low Water Pressure If water bubbles out of sprinkler heads instead of spraying out, this often indicates a problem with water pressure.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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The fatalities are gruesomely entertaining, the opening murder splattering the audience with such brutality that my theater howled in delight.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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In addition, writing with them required great concentration to avoid splattering ink or tearing the paper with the sharp metal nib.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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This approach supports the skin barrier and reduces the likelihood of irritation, tightness or stinging after bathing.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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These might include bathing/showering, dressing, toileting and medication management.—
Helen Dennis,
Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The inspector noted rusty shelves in the walk-in cooler, a fly strip directly over a food prep area and an employee washing their hands at the warewashing sink.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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Someone else wiped his face with his hand and grabbed a bowl of cooked chicken without washing hands.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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The loss of one species can tilt an environment, causing the overabundance or eradication of another, with effects rippling down the food chain.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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However, the bull run was derailed on Friday when gold prices fell almost 10%, with the downward pressure rippling through the wider precious metals markets, taking silver, palladium and platinum significantly lower.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Tomei added that another potential driver for precious metals is also excess liquidity sloshing through global markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Couples dance on the grass while chefs across the park tend bubbling pots of jambalaya and gumbo.—
Phil Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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Catherine was the queen of self-abusing, hard-living, and heading-over-the-hill entertainment veterans — women who were trapped behind a façade of slick showbiz tics that barely covered the active volcano of psychosis bubbling right under their surface.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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And also sprinkling in those moments of Keisha.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2026
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Or more like an Aromatisse sprinkling the scent of perfume around?—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Splashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashing. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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