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to splosh

to splosh

7.2
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
  • verb
  • /splɑʃ/
  • UK
translation icon : salpicar
  • The children loved to splosh in the puddles after the rain started pouring.

Examples

  • On a shut-in November evening, Grabinoulor's feet were sploshing about in the Paris mud.

    Academic text (2007)

  • It wasn't until a cart came sploshing toward me, the driver yelling obscenities, that I moved.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • If you splosh or get your gooey fingers all over it while referencing your recipe in the midst of cooking, you haven't potentially destroyed a pricey digital device.

    Blog text (18)

  • As he stepped off the dock, his boots sploshed in the water, sending waves around him.

  • The dog splashed in the river, making a loud splosh each time it jumped in.

Synonyms

to splash
vsto splosh
91 1.0

To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise

focuses on noisy wet movement rather than on making liquid scatter
to slosh
vsto splosh
22 3.7

To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds

is louder and wetter in sound during movement
to squish
vsto splosh
10 5.3

To walk with a soft, wet sucking sound through mud

is louder and wetter in sound rather than soft sucking steps
to slosh around
vsto splosh
3 5.9

To make liquid move and spill around inside a container

is more about loud wet sound during movement than uncontrolled messy spilling
to squelch
vsto splosh
3 7.0

Make a soft, wet sucking sound, for example when you walk on mud

is louder and wetter in sound than the soft sucking noise
to slop
vsto splosh
1 7.4

To walk through mud or water and make a splashing sound

is louder and wetter in sound than muddy walking noises
to swash
vsto splosh
7.6

To move or splash with force and noise

focuses more on loud wet sound during movement
to plash
vsto splosh
  • Archaic
9.9

To move water so it hits something and makes drops

focuses on noisy movement through liquid rather than sending liquid onto surfaces
to slush around
vsto splosh
  • Informal
7.7

To splash liquid around and make a mess

is more about noisy wet movement than about heavy clumsy spilling
to slush
vsto splosh
6.0

To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way

is more about loud wet sound when moving through liquid than heavy spilling

How Noisy

to splash
91 1.0
to splosh
  • UK
7.2
to slosh
22 3.7
to wade
22 2.2
to dip
146 1.0

Surface Forms

splosh infinitive
sploshed past
sploshed past participle
sploshing present participle
sploshes third person singular

Etymology

Splosh is a word made from a sound, like splash, and it copies the loud, wet noise you hear when someone steps in water. So, to splosh is to move noisily through liquid and make that wet, splashy sound.