1984 Ron Howard film in which Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid (6)

I believe the answer is:

splash

(Other definitions for splash that I've seen before include "Effect of jumping into water" , "Noise of a body falling into water" , "Scatter liquid - prominent newspaper photo" , "not much rain" , "Dash with liquid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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