From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
splashing
n 1: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
[syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing,
splattering]
2: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splash,
splashing]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Splashing.] [Akin to plash.]
1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
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2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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