Definition of Splosh

1. Verb. Make a splashing sound. "Water was splashing on the floor"

Exact synonyms: Slosh, Slush, Splash
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Splash

2. Verb. Walk through mud or mire. "They splosh down the river "; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Exact synonyms: Slop, Slosh, Splash, Squelch, Squish
Generic synonyms: Footslog, Pad, Plod, Slog, Tramp, Trudge

3. Verb. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. "She splashed the water around her"
Exact synonyms: Splash, Sprinkle
Specialized synonyms: Salt, Drizzle, Moisten
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Splash, Splash, Splash, Splashing, Sprinkle, Sprinkler

4. Verb. Dash a liquid upon or against. "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
Exact synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Swash
Specialized synonyms: Puddle, Slosh, Slosh Around, Slush, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Plash, Spatter, Spattering, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splashing, Splatter, Splattering, Swash

Definition of Splosh

1. Verb. to make the sound of splashing ¹

2. Verb. to traverse mushy or marshy wetlands ¹

3. Verb. to spill or spill over ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splosh

1. to splash [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: splash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splosh

splodges
splodgier
splodgiest
splodging
splodgy
splog
splogs
sploit
sploits
splooged
splooges
splooging
splore
splores
splosh (current term)
sploshed
sploshes
sploshing
splot
splotch
splotched
splotches
splotchier
splotchiest
splotching
splotchy
spludgy
splurchase
splurchases

Literary usage of Splosh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... to pulverize the tumbler and yet not splosh the mercury. Pending the awarding of a contract for dredging, the work of removing the rock was begun with a ..."

2. Dover During the Dark Days by Stanley William Coxon (1919)
"The first files went splosh ; the second files went splosh ; and right away down the line they all went splosh in turn, and yet the only sound heard right ..."

3. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-western Provinces of India by John Henry Baldwin (1877)
"We heard a ' splosh,' ' splosh,' ' splosh,' in the mud close at hand. The boat had still way on, and continued gliding forward. The next moment several huge ..."

4. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-western Provinces of India by John Henry Baldwin (1876)
"We heard a ' splosh,' ' splosh,' ' splosh,' in the mud close at hand. The boat had still way 0% and continued gliding forward. The next moment several huge ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Splish splosh. nli. the noise made by the feet in walking through wet: a splash generally. A common rhyme, usually considered an effective rebuke to dealers ..."

6. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"179. lake.—SH Hammond, ' Wild Northern Scenes,' p. 62. 1866 KER-splosh. Well, I found a gully at last, and I rolled in ker-splosh.—CH Smith, ' Bill Arp,' p. ..."

7. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"He put his hands deep down into his pockets, kicked the kerb savagely, and growled to himself : " 'Cos 'e's got a bit more splosh, that's w'y ! ..."

8. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"... when you are watching by the river for bear, you think that you hear distinctly the ' splosh, splosh ' of the grizzly's feet as he wades down the ..."

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