Meanings
verbsplash out (third-person singular simple present splashes out, present participle splashing out, simple past and past participle splashed out)
present singular third person splashes out · participle present splashing out · participle past splashed out · past splashed out
- ambitransitivecolloquialTo spend a lot of money on something desired but not necessary.
She splashed out $500 on breast implants.
2 more examples
I decided to splash out on a trip around Europe after getting a nice Christmas bonus.
How much did you have to splash out to get that Ferrari?
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Bulgarian харча безразсъдно
- харча безразсъдно (harča bezrazsădno)to spend a lot of money
Chinese Mandarin 花一大筆錢 /花一大笔钱
- 花一大筆錢 /花一大笔钱 (huā yī dà bǐ qián)to spend a lot of money
Czech praštit se přes kapsu
- praštit se přes kapsuto spend a lot of money
Finnish tuhlata, törsätä
- tuhlatato spend a lot of money
- törsätäto spend a lot of money
French claquer
- claquerto spend a lot of money
Polish być rozrzutnym
- być rozrzutnymto spend a lot of money
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APA
splash out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20out
MLA
“splash out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splash out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20out.
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