splashy

English

Etymology

From splash +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsplæʃi/
  • Rhymes: -æʃi

Adjective

splashy (comparative splashier, superlative splashiest)

  1. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
  2. Showy, ostentatious.
    His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste.
    • 2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 17 June 2023:
      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.
  3. Splashed with color.
  4. Wet and muddy; full of dirty water.
    • 1914, The Association Monthly, volume 7, page 254:
      […] 'Cross splashy field where wild things grow, / Past shining reeds in knee-deep tarns, […]

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