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 : WordNet®

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, especially 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; "water was splashing on the floor"
        [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 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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.