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splash 1, verb (oh) and nutshell (medicine)


splash 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: plash 'to splash' (16-19 centuries), perhaps from Dutch plassen]
[I] if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise
splash against/on/over
::The ocean splashed against the pier.
[T always + adverb/preposition] to make someone or something wet with a lot of small drops of water or Other liquid
splash sth on/over/with etc sth
::He splashed cold water on his face.
[I] also splash about/around
to make water fly up in the air with a loud noise by hitting it or by moving around in it
::The children were splashing about in the pool.
splash through
::She ran up the drive, splashing through the puddles.
[T] informal if a newspaper or Television programme splashes a story or picture on the page or screen, it makes it large and easy to notice
splash across/over
::The gunman's picture was splashed across the front page.
splash out () [splash out (sth)] phr v
to spend a lot of money on something
splash out (something) on
::We splashed out on a new kitchen.
::Last year Roberts splashed out more than ¡ê1 million to buy a new Home.

nutshell (medicine)


nutshell


1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.

3. <zoology> A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell."

Source: Websters Dictionary