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say it: SPLASH-ee
splashy is an adjective meaning "characterized by water flying about haphazardly". It is pronounced /ˈsplæʃi/ — SPLASH-ee. It carries 3 recorded senses.
characterized by water flying about haphazardly
marked by ostentation but often tasteless
“a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet”
“a splashy half-page ad”
covered with patches of bright color
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for splashy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.