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splosh en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /splɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /splɑʃ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Connected with splash and splish; compare also slosh.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A heavy splashing sound.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A spilt or dropped liquid or semi-liquid substance.
    • […] a milk-jug and a milk-bottle going all drunk then scattering white splosh in all directions 1962, Anthony Burgess, edited by Mark Rawlison, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 2011, →ISBN, page 43:
    • Leaning forward, Rose saw the generous white splosh of bird poo decorating the tip of the woman’s expensive looking brown suede shoe. 2008, Jill Mansell, The One You Really Want, Hachette U.K., →ISBN:
    • A medium-sized paper filled with sensible articles to the point, is better than one full of splosh. 1871 September 16, “Field Intelligence”, in OHIO FARMER, volume XX, number 37, Cleveland, page 581:
  3. (UK, slang, uncountable) Tea (the drink).
    • Give us a cup of splosh, love.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sploshes Number=Plur lexicographic

splosh en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /splɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /splɑʃ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Connected with splash and splish; compare also slosh.

Meanings

  1. To splash with a heavy splashing sound.
    • splosh into the sea
    • Sometimes someone would take a wrench to a fire hydrant, jam a crate up to its nozzle, turning the whole of it into a fountain for us kids to splosh around and play in. 2009, John Ridley, A Conversation with the Mann:
  2. To traverse mushy or marshy wetlands.
  3. To spill or spill over.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sploshed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sploshed Tense=Past lexicographic
sploshing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sploshes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

kersplosh · sploshy

Relateds

slosh · splish · splash · sploosh

Translations (1)

fi molskahtaa (to make a heavy splashing sound)