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Splashed

Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Splashing.] [Akin to plash.]

  1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

  2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.

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splashed

vb. (en-past of: splash)

WordNet
splashed
  1. adj. (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses; "with clothes wet by splashed water"

  2. covered patchily; often used in combination; "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease" [syn: dabbled, spattered, splashy, splattered]

  3. spattered or spotted with dirt or filth; often used in combination; "dingy bespattered walls"; "a grease-spattered floor"; "a besplashed coach"; "mud-splashed trouser legs" [syn: bespattered, spattered, besplashed]

Usage examples of "splashed".

Pontswain followed, while Tristan and Canthus sputtered and splashed in the rear.

Finally, Daryth splashed to the surface, drawing in large gulps of air.

Then another group would take up the guard, farther upstream, while the last dove into the water and splashed ahead.

Robyn splashed toward shore, hoping to get out of the water before he reached her.

He had a look about him that seemed to indicate annoyance, an attitude that was not surprising, for he was splashed with mud, and his hair, which grew mostly on the sides of his head, spiraled away in either direction like two curly mountain peaks turned sideways.

The wheels of the wagon got mired in the mud twice so that by the time he lurched up before his porch, Jonathan was as splashed and muddied as Gilroy Bastable had been after his tussle with the storm.

And without thinking much about the consequences, he splashed along after the disappearing elves into deep water where he thrashed crazily until Jonathan dragged him to safety.

The thing motored into shallow water, and an anchor splashed out from the stern.

As they passed along thirty feet offshore they heard the growl of a beast--a bear, hopefully, or a moose--and then listened as the creature splashed away up the shallows of the river deeper into the forest.

He splashed some water on his face, brushed his teeth, and hurried outside without bothering to shave.

The haft dropped toward me, and splashed into the stream where it would be easy to grab in case of an emergency.

The surface was so still that it had hardly a ripple except where the waterfall splashed down directly across from us.

The curtain of dropping water pattered on top of my head, ran down the sides of my face, splashed softly into the water still covering my shoulders.

The falling water splashed onto the top of my head, onto my shoulders and outstretched arms.

Her boots splashed through the shallows, the water droplets slithering off the shiny coating.