splashy

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splash·y

(splăsh′ē)

adj. splash·i·er, splash·i·est

1. Making or likely to make splashes: a splashy gully.

2. Covered with splashes of color: splashy fabrics.

3. Attracting or intended to attract much notice; extravagant or ostentatious: a splashy ad campaign.

splash′i·ly adv.

splash′i·ness n.

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splashy

(ˈsplæʃɪ)

adj, splashier or splashiest

1. having irregular marks

2. informal done to attract attention or make a sensation; showy

3. making a splash or splashes

ˈsplashily adv

ˈsplashiness n

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splash•y

(ˈsplæʃ i)

adj. splash•i•er, splash•i•est.

1. making a splash or splashes.

2. full of or marked by splashes or irregular spots; spotty.

3. making an ostentatious display; showy.

[1825–35]

splash′i•ly, adv.

splash′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	splashy - characterized by water flying about haphazardly
	2.	splashy - marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" flamboyant, showy ostentatious, pretentious - intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
	3.	splashy - covered with patches of bright color covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

splashy

adjective

Marked by outward, often extravagant display:

flamboyant, ostentatious, pretentious, showy, splurgy.

Translations

splashy

[ˈsplæʃɪ] ADJ (US) (splashier (compar) (splashiest (superl))) (= showy) → ostentoso

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splashy

adj (US inf) → protzig, auffällig

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