I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
splash guard
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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This splashing about at least had several nice moments, with Anjali Bhimani as the lustful daughter Myrrha.
around
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You will see the park's tigers on hot days splashing around in their pool.
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McMurphy stopped splashing around like he had been.
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The acid rain was splashing around my feet, rapidly dissolving my boots.
down
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The sun splashed down in patterns of light and shade.
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He splashed down just four miles from the recovery carrier.
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The mist was heavy and noisy waterfalls splashed down through pipe thickets of green bamboo.
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At one-fifteen the float plane splashed down , settled on to its pontoons, and turned in toward the docks.
on
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She opened her mouth, but spat out the sweet and sour liquid which splashed on to her tongue.
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The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products - splashed on after a bath or shower.
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Her hand shook and she guiltily rubbed away a few drops that splashed on to the quarry-tiled floor with a soft-soled slipper.
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A tear splashed on to one of the coarse red hands.
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He lost his hold on the bag and a slew of rice and chicken and ochre sauce splashed on to the carpet.
out
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I never had a sense of abundance, of being able to splash out and enjoy myself.
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Its entire cargo of milk splashed out of the tank cars willy-nilly and mixed ill puddles on the rain-sodden ground.
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The steamy yellow gruel in the bucket splashed out on to the kitchen floor.
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Maybe so, but he splashes out when he gets there.
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The blood had splashed out , drenching their clothes.
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Especially if you've splashed out on security devices.
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And, thankfully, many can afford to splash out a little on treats and luxuries.
over
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I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.
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It splashes over into everything the person does.
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Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acid splashed over his face, causing a scar.
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The story was splashed over the front page, elbowing aside the arms talks and the council scandal.
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Mossy boulders, strangely twisting tree roots and little streams splashing over stones are my delight.
■ NOUN
face
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Finish this treatment by splashing your face with cool water to remove wastes accumulated on the surface of the skin.
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He laid her down and splashed water on her face .
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They are capable of aiming accurately enough to splash a man's face from a distance of 6 feet.
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Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acid splashed over his face , causing a scar.
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She went into the bathroom along the landing and splashed her face with cool water.
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She went over to the sink and splashed her face with cold water over and over again.
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I splashed more over my face .
puddle
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Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed.
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Without exchanging a word we lengthened our strides, splashing through puddles , and made for the door.
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Rain joined him in the doorway but there was no time to speak before Cobalt splashed through the puddle to them.
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Their feet were splashing now through deep puddles , and still the rain came down.
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She ran up the drive, head down, splashing through the puddles , fumbling in her pocket for her keys.
water
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Then she raised one foot and brought it down with a smack on the water , splashing him, and laughed.
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From her piggyback vantage point she heard dry reeds whisper and water splash .
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The glass came apart like water splashing , and the nurse threw her hands to her ears.
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He fetched water and splashed it over the twitching boy.
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The toilet flushed. Water splashed .
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Rinsing her hands with cold water , she splashed some on her face.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A motorcycle sped past, splashing all the spectators with mud.
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He knocked over her cup and splashed coffee all over her new dress.
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Maggie watched the children splash around in the pool.
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The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other.
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The waterfall cascaded over the rocks and splashed into a pool at the bottom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Behind it the last bear splashed through the water.
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It was splashed all over the shops!
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McMurphy stopped splashing around like he had been.
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Men were floundering about, splashing, yelling and cursing, whilst horses were dragged screaming to their deaths by the guns.
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Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic - cost me £890 in 1980, serious cash.
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They were splashed with blood from Parker's eye.
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Water poured through the guttering and splashed noisily from the eaves.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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But it wasn't the big splash feared by locals living along the shores of the lake.
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Small blips can make big splashes , and big blips no splashes.
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Making a big splash It's easy when you have got the right toys ... Few children can resist playing with water.
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Small blips can make big splashes , and big blips no splashes.
■ VERB
hear
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A moment later we heard a splash and a squeal, more splashing, a flutter of duck, whoops of delight.
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He heard the car splash in and the doors slam.
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The boy heard angry; powerful splashes .
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Sometimes you heard a soft splash as a fish jumped for one of the swarming insects.
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A few minutes later I heard the splash of oars, and a rowing boat came into view manned by three crewmen.
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Then she lowered it until she heard a splash and the rope went slack.
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Nell Anderson heard the splash as her raft went in, felt the five metre line slacken - then everything went wrong.
make
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You could always make a splash at your local pool.
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But woe betide you if you make your splash with a financial killing or by getting a huge advance.
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But Apple is going to make the loudest splash .
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He liked Washington, where his brother had made such a splash before the war.
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He was going to make a splash the nature of which was still to be determined.
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Small blips can make big splashes , and big blips no splashes.
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How could such a one as Hatton restrain himself from making a splash ?
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To make a splash in this town it takes a revolutionary concept or a multimillion-dollar decor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash .
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I heard the splash of oars in the water.
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Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun.
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Then add just a splash of lemon.
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There was a splash behind the boat as a large silver fish jumped out of the water.
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There were splashes of paint all over my clothes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A moment later we heard a splash and a squeal, more splashing, a flutter of duck, whoops of delight.
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Between the bed and the door, a splash of red and white on the room's ochre.
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Not so much as a splash or even his oddly deformed head above the water.
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Rays of afternoon light poured through the stained glass windows, drenching the sanctuary with splashes of color.
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Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash .
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This was like a splash of ice water right in my face.
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White splashes of paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned after delivery from the wine merchant.