English

Etymology
Possibly from ME. plashe (puddle), from OE. plæsc. Compare the German platschen.

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun|plashes

1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
2. A splash, or the sound made by a splash.

Verb
en-verb|plashes|plashing|plashed|plashed

1. transitive To splash.

#*1847: w:Emily Brontë|Emily Brontë, w:Wuthering Heights|Wuthering Heights ¹
#*:... heedless of my expostulations and the growling thunder, and the great drops that began to plash around her, she remained ...

1. intransitive To cause a splash.

Translations
trans-top|to splash
German: platschen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
plashy

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