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Definition of Splosh

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

2. Verb. Walk through mud or mire. "They splosh down the river "; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

3. Verb. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. "She splashed the water around her"

4. Verb. Dash a liquid upon or against. "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

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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