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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

splash
     n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: plash]
     2: a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of
        paint"; "a splatter of mud" [syn: dab, splatter]
     3: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
         spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering]
     4: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splashing]
     v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, esp. with force; "She
          splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle, splosh]
     2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
        meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splosh, slosh, slop]
     3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
        baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
         splosh, swash]
     4:  mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or
        texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The
        mountain was splashed with snow"
     5: make a splashing sound; of liquids [syn: splosh, slosh,
        slush]
     6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
     7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
        in the pool"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Splashing.] [Akin to plash.]
   1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

   2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
Splash \Splash\, v. i.
   To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a
   way as to spatter.
Splash \Splash\, n.
   1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown
      from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of
      matter which wets or disfigures.

   2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

SPLash!

   1. Software Research Northwest, 1987.  Compiler for SPL[3].

   2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers.
   Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W
   1990.