Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Making or likely to make splashes.
- adj. Covered with splashes of color.
- adj. Showy; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Full of dirty water; wet; wet and muddy; plashy.
Wiktionary
- adj. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
- adj. Showy, ostentatious.
- adj. Splashed with color.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by ostentation but often tasteless
- adj. characterized by water flying about haphazardly
- adj. covered with patches of bright color
Etymologies
- splash + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hot on the heels of the news of Patrick McGoohan's death is the further news that Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home, a city councilman said.”
“Promoted by what has been described as a splashy World AIDS Day event attended by three U. S. Presidents, business magnates and rock stars, this conclusion was based on the results of a study of 1,763 couples where only one of the partners tested positive for the HIV virus.”
The Huffington Post: Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs
“USATODAY. com - Zur ousted by Frenchman in splashy finish”
“The boat passed rambling complexes of monasteries, their walls and roofs lit by the sun in splashy yellow shades.”
“Mobile World Congress, Samsung launched its first Bada OS phone, the Wave, in what can only be described as a splashy event.”
“On the eve of Mobile World Congress, Samsung launched its first Bada OS phone, the Samsung Wave, in what can only be described as a splashy event.”
“What do you guys think of this new cast photo — all kind of splashy and wind-blown ...”
“Since Mr. Jackson's 2005 acquittal on child-molestation charges, various entertainment-industry executives have pursued some kind of splashy comeback for him.”
“Back in 2001, Eric asked for a brainstorm of a few "splashy" ideas in search.”
“The other four get "splashy" when Shostakovich's extremely loud scoring overwhelms the Köln Philharmonie.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘splashy’.
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Russian Doll Words
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gangster
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Tweets
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bilby Indeed! *dives in closet to look for sequinned boots* Mar 3, 2010
cutlery I think I should use this word more. I talk too often about glam parties and soirees to let it lie. Mar 3, 2010