plashed; plashing; plashes
: to cause a splashing or spattering effect
: to break the surface of (water) : splash
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Verb
water plashed down the drain
a child happily plashing in the tub
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Curbed, 13 Nov. 2022
The park also contains the park district's administrative offices, an outdoor plash pad, athletic field, outdoor performance area, playground, walking path, an area of native plants and stormwater detention, and outdoor seating.
—Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
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Noun
The camera can’t quite grasp the memorial’s most ephemeral qualities—the swish, plash, glide, and shimmer, the slowly unfolding drama of the seasons.
—Curbed, 13 Nov. 2022
The park also contains the park district's administrative offices, an outdoor plash pad, athletic field, outdoor performance area, playground, walking path, an area of native plants and stormwater detention, and outdoor seating.
—Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
Verb
The sea plashes in the dark out there, the trees whisper.
—Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
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“Plash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plash. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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