plash

Examples of plash in a sentence

• The fellow then went to ride him through a great plash of water, "and in the middle of it he found himself with nothing but a pack-saddle between his legs, while Robin went off laughing, Ho, ho, hoh!.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 287:
• Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash?1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC...
• The short dark waves, heaved to the land, / With ceaseless plash kiss'd cliff or sand;— […]1815, Walter Scott, “Canto Third”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman...
• Mr Christian here let a lemon slip from his hand into the punch-bowl with a plash which sent some of the nectar into the company's faces.1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter VII, in Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...

Synonyms of plash

• splosh
• cloudburst
• rainstorm
• plap
• pleach

All synonyms of plash

Forms of plash

Origin of plash

From Middle English plasch, plasche, plash, plashe (“pool of standing water, marshy place; torrent of water (?)”), from Late Old English plæsċ, plesċ (“pool; puddle”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *plask (“pool”); further etymology unknown, probably ultimately onomatopoeic, referring to the sound of splashing. cognates * German platschen (“to splash”) * Middle Dutch plasch, plas (“pool”) (modern Dutch plas (“pool, watering hole”), plassen (“to splash, splatter”); Middle French plache (“pool”), plascq (“damp meadow”); Anglo-Norman plasseis (“marshes”, plural)) * West Frisian plaskje (“to splash, splatter”)

Probably onomatopoeic, referring to the sound of splashing. The noun is attested earlier than the verb. It is not clear whether this word is related to plash (“small pool of standing water”) (see etymology 1). The interjection is derived from the noun. As regards the noun, compare German Platsch (noun), platsch (interjection). As regards the verb, compare Early Dutch plasschen, plassen (“to splash in water”); Middle Low German plasken, plassen (“to splash”); Swedish plaska (“to splash”).

The verb is derived from Late Middle English *plashen (attested by the present participle form plashynge), from Anglo-Norman plaissier, plaisser, Old French plaissier, plaisser, and Old French plaissier (“to bend; to interlace”) (modern French plaisser (regional)), from Late Latin *plaxus, a variant of Latin plexus, the perfect passive participle of plectō (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend; to turn; to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”). Doublet of pleach. The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Old French plesce (“enclosure surrounded by hedges”) (Middle French plesse, Middle English plaishes (“hedges forming an enclosure, palisade of hedges or wattles”), modern French plaisse, plesse (“enclosure surrounded by hedges; hedge; branch of a hedge”))

Words formed from plash

• plashet
• plashoote
• plashful
• plashy
• plashing
• plashment
• plosher
• splash
• plashed
• plasher
• plash-pole

Words that rhyme with plash

• flash
• ash
• crash
• dash
• nash
• slash
• splash
• lash
• smash
• trash
• clash
• cash

Questions about plash

What does plash mean?

Plash means a small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle; (uncountable) marshy land; mire.

How do you use plash in a sentence?

The fellow then went to ride him through a great plash of water, "and in the middle of it he found himself with nothing but a pack-saddle between his legs, while Robin went off laughing, Ho, ho, hoh!.

What part of speech is plash?

Plash can be a noun, a verb or an interjection.

How do you pronounce plash?

Plash is pronounced /plæʃ/ (UK).

What is the plural of plash?

The plural of plash is plashes.