Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Making or likely to make splashes.
- adjective Covered with splashes of color.
- adjective Attracting or intended to attract much notice; extravagant or ostentatious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of dirty water; wet; wet and muddy; plashy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to making
splashes or the sound of splashing. - adjective
Showy ,ostentatious . - adjective Splashed with color.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by ostentation but often tasteless
- adjective characterized by water flying about haphazardly
- adjective covered with patches of bright color
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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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.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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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.
R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan archmage 2009
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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.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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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.
Bruce A. Barron: Scientific Breakthroughs Bruce A. Barron 2012
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USATODAY. com - Zur ousted by Frenchman in splashy finish
USATODAY.com - Zur ousted by Frenchman in splashy finish 2004
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The boat passed rambling complexes of monasteries, their walls and roofs lit by the sun in splashy yellow shades.
The Holy Mountain 2003
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The boat passed rambling complexes of monasteries, their walls and roofs lit by the sun in splashy yellow shades.
The Holy Mountain 2003
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Mobile World Congress, Samsung launched its first Bada OS phone, the Wave, in what can only be described as a splashy event.
Techworld.com News 2010
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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.
PC Advisor News 2010
cutlery commented on the word splashy
I think I should use this word more. I talk too often about glam parties and soirees to let it lie.
March 3, 2010
bilby commented on the word splashy
Indeed! *dives in closet to look for sequinned boots*
March 3, 2010