Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for plashy. Search instead for plashier.

plashy

American  
[plash-ee] / ˈplæʃ i /

adjective

plashier, plashiest
  1. marshy; wet.

  2. splashing.


plashy British  
/ ˈplæʃɪ /

adjective

  1. wet or marshy

  2. splashing or splashy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of plashy

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2018

“Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole — would that be it?”

From Washington Post Aug. 21, 2015

Red flamingoes haunt "The plashy brink, or marge of river wide," while on the broad open plain the birds most seen are crows!

From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

He looked up; sudden, plashy drops smote his face.

From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge

The ground was still wet and plashy from recent heavy rain.

From St. Patrick's Eve by Charles James Lever

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training