plash
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9.9
- noun
- /plæʃ/
- Archaic
:
salpicadura
- Motes swam in the beam, and the shaken liquor made the light dance and plash, rippling on the silver like a summer stream.
- plash of water
Examples
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Chemayev thought if it weren't for the plash of water behind him, he would be able to hear the beating of his heart.
Fiction book (2001) -
Away from the smoke and the smother, the veil of the dun and the brown, the push and the plash and the pother,
Blog text (6) -
There was no sound but the wind, the plash of waves, and the toot of a boat too far away to see.
Fiction book (2001) -
She went back to the hotel and ate lunch on the terrace, in the dappled garden, listening to the steady plash of the fountain.
Fiction book (1998) -
Little waves of her own making lapped her chin in this secret cistern; her ears were full of the soft whisper and plash of water, her eyes were wide upon green and green, woven with networks of swaying golden light.
Fiction book (1994) -
The soothing plash of water from the fountain created a relaxing atmosphere in the garden.
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As the children played at the beach, the gentle plash of the waves filled the air.
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On quiet mornings, I love to listen to the soft plash of raindrops on the window.
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Etymology
Plash is an old sound word that copies the soft noise water makes, much like the familiar word splash. So a plash is the gentle 'sound of water' you hear when something moves in it.