Definition of Splash around

1. Verb. Play in or as if in water, as of small children.

Exact synonyms: Dabble, Paddle
Generic synonyms: Play

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splash Around

splanchnoptosis
splanchnosclerosis
splanchnoskeletal
splanchnoskeletons
splanchnosomatic
splanchnotomies
splanchnotomy
splanchnotribe
splase
splash
splash-and-dash
splash-guard
splash-proof
splash and dash
splash around (current term)
splash down
splash guard
splash out
splash page
splash pages
splash screen
splash screens
splashback
splashbacks
splashboard
splashboards
splashdown
splashdowns
splashed

Literary usage of Splash around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"The 13-km (eight-mile) beach is backed by plantation forest and the shallow water is perfect to splash around in. Except at the busiest of holiday times, ..."

2. The English Village: A Literary Study 1750-1850 by Julia Patton (1918)
"... probably, but the Editor recalls how John and he used to 'play hookey' together and splash around in the old swimmin' hole down at Otisco. ..."

3. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"... are the attraction here and, despite the name, these mud flats can't be called a beach, although when the tide is in a few daring souls splash around. ..."

4. Der Infantilismus, die Asthenie und deren Beziehungen zum Nervensystem: A by Paul Mathes, E. H. (Edward Holyoke) Farrington, F. W. (Fritz Wilhelm) Woll (1911)
"If there is no space left for the milk in which to splash around, the fat will not be churned out in transit. 31. Approximately accurate results may ..."

5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"One day I said to Kitty's mother: " I should like to just go and splash around in a mud-puddle as I used to do when I was Mr.ry Jane Hunt. ..."

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