splash around
A2 informal inseparable both
In simple words
To play in water and send it flying in every direction
Literal meaning: To scatter water in all directions while moving — fully transparent
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To play and move energetically in water, causing it to fly in all directions
"The kids spent hours splashing around in the hotel pool."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
To spend or display money freely and ostentatiously
"He won the lottery and immediately started splashing money around on expensive cars."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
The American English counterpart to British 'splash about.' Both are interchangeable. Can be used transitively ('splashing water around') or intransitively ('splashing around in the pool'). Also used figuratively to mean displaying something ostentatiously (e.g., 'splashing money around').
Commonly used with
pool puddles water money cash beach
Forms
Base
splash around
I/you/we/they
3rd person
splashes around
he/she/it
Past simple
splashed around
yesterday
Past participle
splashed around
have + pp
-ing form
splashing around
continuous
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