splash someone or something with something

splash someone or something with something
splash someone or something with something
to scatter or slosh someone or something with a liquid. •

The whales at Sea World splashed everyone in the audience with water.

I splashed the side of the stove with pancake batter when I dropped the bowl.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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