Splash vs Lapper - What's the difference?
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(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
A small amount of liquid.
A small amount (of color).
A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
An impact or impression.
splash screen
* 2008 , Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005
To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
* 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
to hit or expel liquid at
To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
To spend (money)
To launch a ship.
* 1999 David M. Kennedy, "Victory at Sea"'', Atlantic Monthly, March 1999:
One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
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(in combination'') something (especially a race) that is a stated number of laps e.g. ''a 25-lapper
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(sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
* June 2006 , RoadRacingWorld.com -
A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine
(sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.
To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
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As nouns the difference between splash and lapper
is that splash is (onomatopoeia) the sound made by an object hitting a liquid while lapper is one who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.As verbs the difference between splash and lapper
is that splash is to hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass while lapper is to make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.splash
English
Noun
(es)- I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
- Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 4-5 minutes. Add a splash of whisky to the pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze. -
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- I felt a splash of rain so put up my hood.
- I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
- The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
- There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
- The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
- When the splash appears with Please wait, wait for Windows to start configuration.
Synonyms
* plashVerb
(es)- sit and splash in the bathtub
- I know the reason I feel so blessed / My heart still splashes inside my chest
- water splashed everywhere
- The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
- When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
- The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
- After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
- In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
Derived terms
* hull splash * make a splash * splash-and-dash * splashback * splashboard * splash down/splashdown * splashback * splasher * splash guard/splashguard * splash out * splashout * splash pad/splashpad * splash page * splashproof * splash screen * splashylapper
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, isbn= , page=? , passage=...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat.}}
citation, isbn= , page=470 , passage=The pupils of the modern school discover in [the lion] but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.}}
citation, isbn= , page=? , passage=...Richard Petty Private Collection outran Buck Baker's '62 Chrysler to win the 200-lapper. One week later, Jim Paschal finished second to race winner Junior.}}
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- After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home..
Verb
(en verb)citation, isbn=0543961451 , page=238 , passage=There was mockery of our foolhardy enterprise in the soft whispering sough of the water, as I heard it lapper beneath the ferry-boat that lay ready to cross to the other side.}}