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splash(1) (iou)



splash noun1 & adverb. M18.
[from SPLASH verb1.]
A. noun.
A quantity of liquid dashed against or dropped on a surface. M18.
Which? Oven linings which vaporise splashes..keep the oven clean.
b. An irregular area of shattered fragments; spec. (sing. & in pl.) fragments from exploded bullets. M19.
K. Kesey The..splash of broken glass all over her desk.
c. A body of water suddenly released to carry down logs. N. Amer. L19.
d. A small quantity of liquid as a drink; esp. a small amount of soda water etc. added to spirits. E20.
Rolling Stone A double vodka with a splash of tonic.
The action or an act of forcefully striking the surface of a liquid, esp. water; the noisy impact of a liquid against a surface; the sound produced by this. E19.
Tennyson The splash and stir of fountains. C. Mungoshi The splash of a kingfisher as it flew away, fish in beak.
b. Medicine. A sound produced by a mixture of air and liquid in the stomach or Other body cavity when it is sharply displaced. Also splash sound. L19.
A striking or ostentatious display or effect; an extravagant event etc. to attract publicity. E19.
cut a splash, make a splash make a strong impression, attract much attention, esp. by extravagance.
Nature The newly formed..Association started..with a suitably large splash.
b. A prominent newspaper headline or feature; a dramatic or sensational news story. colloq. E20.
Observer The..attack on Mr Scargill was published as a front-page 'splash'. attrib.: Independent The first issue..had a splash story on the..bid.
A daub or patch of colour or light; esp. a patch on an animal's coat. M19.
M. Das The sun had set..with an unusually large splash of vermilion.
Amphetamine tablets. US slang. M20.
b. adverb. With or as with a splash. L18.

Pretrial Conference (law)




A meeting of the judge and lawyers to discuss which matters should be presented to the jury, to review evidence and witnesses, to set a timetable, and to discuss the settlement of the case.