to plash
- verb
- /plæʃ/
- Archaic
:
salpicar
- The fountain plashed happily as I walked by, sending droplets into the air.
Examples
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She accidentally plashed water on her dress while washing the car.
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The children loved to plash in the puddles after the rain started.
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Whenever I look at things and think about what people think of them, I laugh like a blue brook cleanly plashing against a rock.
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The night before reaching San Francisco, we found our first trees again at a little wayside eating station, where a long row of poplars stood up stiffly in the dusk near our path, and a tiny fountain plashed with an enchanting, cool melodiousness.
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Synonyms
91
1.0
To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise
51
4.1
To make liquid fall in small messy drops on a surface
22
3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
14
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
3
1.2
Make water spray in small drops by hitting or moving through it
3
5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
1
5.6
To make drops of liquid hit many places, like clothes or a table
1
8.9
To splash mud or water onto something and make it dirty
To move or splash with force and noise
To splash small drops against a surface and make spots
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
To splash liquid messily so it covers nearby things
To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way
To splash liquid around and make a mess
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plash as a verb comes from the same sound idea as splash, meaning to move water with a soft noise. So to plash is to dash or 'splash' liquid onto something.