US /plæʃ/ UK /plæʃ/
verb Freq #235363

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to splash or beat liquid against something

    Heavy raindrops began to plash against the windows.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to splash or beat liquid... spatter
Word family
Derived forms plash-poleplashedplasherplashfulplashingplashment

Etymology

From Middle English plash, an imitative water word related to splash. A separate historical verb plash, meaning to interweave branches, has a different French and Latin history.

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