plashy

[ plash-ee ]

adjective

, plash·i·er, plash·i·est.

1. marshy; wet.
2. splashing.

ˈplashy

/ ˈplæʃɪ /

adjective

1. wet or marshy
2. splashing or splashy

Word History and Origins

Origin of plashy¹

First recorded in 1545–55; plash ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Roads all plashy or running with water, oozes full, and rivulets overflowing; rocks of dolomite jutting out here and there.

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They found it a plashy, swampy place, prolific in mangroves and true ferns, with here and there a cultivated patch.

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It was one of those peculiarly "plashy" jobs in which any child would delight.

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Plashy meadows and marshes are also favourite feeding grounds; and here the lapwing makes "game" for an army of gunners.

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The bird feeds on plashy meadows, wet moors, by tarns and stream sides, and on mosses which margin the coast.

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