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upsplash en · NOUN

Etymology

From up- + splash.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An upward splash; material splashed upwards.
    • The mist was like backwards rain, upsplash from the falls, and it pelted us so hard I thought I'd lose my balance. 2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One:
    • […] as she plummets back her hair falls slower, splayed like water's upsplash, buoyed on the air, but then pulled down with her […] 2021, Peter Leggatt, Doll, page 199:
    • It half disintegrated on the way, crust and filling slapping against the train like an upsplash of mud. 2009, Glen David Gold, Sunnyside:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
upsplashes Number=Plur lexicographic

upsplash en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + splash.

Meanings

  1. To splash upward.

Forms

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upsplashed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upsplashed Tense=Past lexicographic
upsplashes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
upsplashing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic