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splash about

 and splash around 

1. to move about in a volume of a liquid, splashing. The children splashed about in the pool. They splashed around for an hour.

2. [for a liquid] to move about, splashing. The water splashed about in the bucket. It splashed around as I carried the bucket.

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splash something about

to scatter or slosh a liquid about. Please don't splash that about. It will stain anything you spill it on. Don't splash that stuff about!

See also: splash