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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : plash |
Phonetic Transcription : plæʃ |
Definition of plash
Origin :- "small puddle, shallow pool, wet ground," Old English plæsc "pool of water, puddle," probably imitative (cf. Dutch plass "pool"). Meaning "noise made by splashing" is first recorded 1510s.
- As in puddle : noun pool
- As in gurgle : noun burble, murmur
- As in lap : verb slosh, wash against
- As in splash : verb throw liquid
- As in swash : verb splash
- The frozen fountains now plash, and hiss, and sparkle in the sun.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- A plash, and a cry half smothered, were heard, and all was over.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- Fortunately, not a plash, a crack, or a footfall disturbed the silence.
- Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
- Now little John was at his play Beside the river's brink— Plash!
- Extract from : « The Tiny Picture Book. » by Anonymous
- The plash of the oars was the only sound that broke on the ears.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
- The plash of a light oar was heard;—a boat touched the vessel.
- Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby
- I have been out in the rain—I have been to Plash—I'm decidedly damp.'
- Extract from : « A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly » by Henry James
- Above the plash of the waves he could hear a faint, continual rumble.
- Extract from : « A Sub and a Submarine » by Percy F. Westerman
- And for a while no sound but the scream and plash of a water-fowl on the opposite bank.
- Extract from : « Twos and Threes » by G. B. Stern
- Naught but the plash, plash of the fountain, the distant call of the birds.
- Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
Synonyms for plash
- babble
- bathe
- bespatter
- broadcast
- bubble
- burble
- crow
- dabble
- dash
- douse
- drench
- drink
- drown
- get wet
- gurgle
- lap
- lave
- lick
- lip
- moisten
- paddle
- plash
- plashet
- plunge
- pond
- purl
- quagmire
- ripple
- shower
- sip
- slap
- slop
- slosh
- soak
- sop
- spatter
- splash
- splatter
- spray
- spread
- sprinkle
- squirt
- strew
- sup
- swish
- throw
- wade
- wallow
- wash
- wet
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