splashy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsplæʃi/

Definition of splashy

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
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adj

  1. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
  2. Full of dirty water; muddy and wet.
    “The light was yet there; shining dim, but constant, through the rain. […] It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog; which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer.”
    “'Cross splashy field where wild things grow, / Past shining reeds in knee-deep tarns, […]”
  3. (figuratively)Ostentatious, showy.
    “His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste.”
    “Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains.”
  4. (figuratively)Splashed with colour.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From splash + -y.

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