splosh

[ splosh ]

/ splɒʃ /

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verb (used with or without object), noun

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Words nearby splosh

split-up, split wings, splodge, sploosh, splore, splosh, splotch, splotchy, splurge, splutter, spluttery

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How to use splosh in a sentence

The committee hustled me into the hall with no more damage than one rather slushy splosh of snow perilously close to my neck.
From Pillar to Post|John Kendrick Bangs
But if, happening to be in his company, I saw his head in a breakable aspect—splosh!
Love and Lucy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
I war scared right enough, and the start I gave caused me to roll from the seat where I was sitting splosh into the water.
Indian and Scout|F. S. Brereton
With one big splosh the whole five hundred-weight of us flopped gaily over into the mire.
Across America by Motor-cycle|C. K. Shepherd

E made a splosh like a sack o' taters droppin' off the bridge.
The Yeoman Adventurer|George W. Gough

British Dictionary definitions for splosh

splosh

/ (splɒʃ) /

verb

to scatter (liquid) vigorously about in blobsvisitors can splosh in the world's largest man-made waterfall

noun

an instance or sound of sploshing

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