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
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 ● Nov. 4, 2018
While swimming off Weymouth, Dorsetshire, clad only in bathing trunks, accompanied only by his daughter, "Honest Jim" Thomas felt suddenly the plash of wavelets where he had sensed protecting wool an instant sooner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scholars recognize a few words as truly onomatopoeic; e.g., tinkle, plash, squawk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then down a stone stairs he leads you, and you hear above the drone of his narrative the plash of those waters themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dodged and ducked behind Sarai, into whom Ruby caromed in a plash of sodden, icy silk.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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