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plash

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of plash

1 to flow in a broken irregular stream
  • water plashed down the drain
Synonyms of plash

bubble, dribble, guggle, gurgle, lap, ripple, splash, trickle, wash
Words Related to plash

eddy, purl, swirl

swash, swish, swoosh, whish

drip, drop

gush, jet, rush, spew, spout, spurt, squirt
Near Antonyms of plash

run
Antonyms of plash

pour, roll, stream
2 to move with a splashing motion
  • a child happily plashing in the tub
Synonyms of plash

lap, slosh, splash, swash
Words Related to plash

babble, bubble, gurgle, ripple
3 to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
  • passing cars plashed us with roadside slush
Synonyms of plash

bespatter, dash, spatter, splash, splatter
Words Related to plash

drench, drown, impregnate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep

bathe, douse (also dowse), wash, water

slop, slush, spray, sprinkle, squirt

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