splashing

1. 1.

   the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

   Synonymsspatterspatteringsplashsplattering

   Broaderpainting
2. 2.

   the act of scattering water about haphazardly

   Synonymssplash

   Broaderwetting

Other forms of splashing

plural

splashings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about splashing

What does splashing mean?

splashing means "the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in splashing?

splashing has 2 syllables: splas-hing. The stress falls on "splas". In IPA it is /ˈsplæʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for splashing?

Close synonyms include spatter, spattering, splash, splattering, splash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is splashing a common word?

splashing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.