plash
1 Americannoun
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a gentle splash.
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a pool or puddle.
verb (used with or without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
verb
Other Word Forms
- plasher noun
- plashingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of plash1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English plasch “pool, puddle,” Old English plæsc; cognate with Dutch, Low German plas, probably of imitative origin
Origin of plash2
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French plaissier, derivative of plais hedge < Vulgar Latin *plaxum < ?
Example Sentences
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The murmur and footfalls of patrons mingled with the plash of the water, both sounds echoing off the domed and coffered ceiling and creating a pleasant hum of white noise.
From Washington Post
He dodged and ducked behind Sarai, into whom Ruby caromed in a plash of sodden, icy silk.
From Literature
I thought I heard some soft plashing and a sniffing noise, a while back; but you hear a lot of such queer sounds by a river at night.’
From Literature
A precisely engineered drainage system added to the similarity by channeling water from a cistern-like well at the summit down and along the sides, a stylized version of rainwater plashing down the Andes.
From Literature
Once upon a time, the basement of this building across from New York’s City Hall was frescoed and furnished with a piano, a plashing fountain, and goldfish tanks.
From The New Yorker
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