splosh

American  

[splosh] / splɒʃ /

verb (used with or without object)

1. splash.

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splosh British  

/ splɒʃ /

verb

1. to scatter (liquid) vigorously about in blobs

   visitors can splosh in the world's largest man-made waterfall

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noun

1. an instance or sound of sploshing

Explanation

To splosh is to move with a splashing sound or motion. You might splosh through a marsh to retrieve your escaped canoe. You can splosh through the surf as you wait for a good body surfing wave, or you can splosh a pan of soapy water into your sink. Before most of us learn to swim, we mainly splosh through the water, keeping our feet touching the bottom of the pool. The word splosh sounds just like its meaning — its origin is imitative, very similar to splash. Both words were first used in the mid-nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

It is hard to imagine billions of tonnes of rock suddenly start to splosh about like a liquid - but that is what happened when an asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years ago.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2018

Tee shots were landing with a dull splosh.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010

“Wait—” Tiller said, but it was too late, and the bucket had come loose from the rope, and they heard it splosh in the water below.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

It appears that the last time Squinny got five bob or the risin' he ante'd up the splosh like a man, and the court rose immediately, to Squinny's intense disgust.

From The Rising of the Court by Lawson, Henry

"That's high velocity," whispered Dan Dunn, as they heard the splosh of a heavy shell in rear of the British parapet, followed by a deafening explosion and a red flame.

From With Haig on the Somme by Webb, Archibald