splashed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of splash.

   The car splashed mud across the sidewalk as it sped past.

   Waves splashed against the rocks throughout the night.

   Note

   One regular -ed form does every job. The waves splashed is simple past, the waves have splashed is the perfect, and the wall was splashed with paint is the passive, which works only with the transitive uses. The form also carries the verb's figurative reach beyond water: a story splashed across the front page, money splashed on a new car.

2. 2
   adjectiveslang

   Drunk; heavily affected by alcohol.

   The way a glass filled past the brim sloshes over its edges: the person has gone well beyond their limit.

   After his fourth pint, Tom was thoroughly splashed.

   They came home splashed from the wedding reception.

   Similardrunk, sloshed, plastered, smashed, hammered

   Oppositesober

   Note

   English drinking slang often borrows the vocabulary of liquid, and this word pictures someone practically awash in drink. It takes more and most like any ordinary adjective (even more splashed than last time) and belongs in casual talk among friends. Context keeps it apart from the ordinary past form: a guest splashed by a passing bus is wet, not drunk.

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