splosh
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
noun
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
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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
Another splosh followed, and Carl Dudder was likewise decorated.
From Young Hunters of the Lake by Ralph Bonehill
Look out now, Davy, what you're doing with us!—Yes, that's splosh, Mary.
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
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