plashed

verb

past tense of plash
1
as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream water plashed down the drain

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2
as in rippled
to move with a splashing motion a child happily plashing in the tub

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3
as in splattered
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy passing cars plashed us with roadside slush

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plashed
  1. splashed
  2. rippled
  3. splattered
  4. washed
  5. soaked
  6. bubbled
  7. dripped
  8. gurgled
Verb
  • The rocket carried an uncrewed command module that splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Piaget takes the bold colors splashed across the American creative’s face in the series and plops them right on the dial.
    — Nicole Hoey for Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of splashed
Verb
  • The unrest began with a handful of student demonstrations over crumbling infrastructure and overcrowded high-school classrooms, then rippled across France to encompass labor unions with grievances over the cost of living.
    — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The rout rippled overseas, while Treasury yields eased as investors sought safer assets; oil prices rebounded amid uncertainty over the Iran war.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of rippled
Verb
  • Prosecutors told the court that investigators found Suarez's blood splattered on the walls of Mohassib's Bensonhurst apartment, as reported by The New York Post.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • One morning in June, 2024, Jordan Acker arrived at his law office, in Southfield, Michigan, and saw red paint splattered across the sign above the door.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of splattered
Verb
  • The Democratic wave that flipped control of Congress from Republicans on Election Day also washed through to the state and local level, with several legislatures seeing historic changes in their balance of power.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The intense erosion that carved the Great Unconformity washed rock material into the oceans, possibly fertilizing them just before the Cambrian explosion, when calcium became abundant in seawater.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of washed
Verb
  • Connecticut woke up to rain and clouds on Friday as showers soaked much of the state.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Both Broward and Palm Beach counties were soaked with several bouts of heavy rain starting Monday.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • In early November, raw sewage bubbled out of manholes in neighborhoods from Rio Vista to Las Olas Isles and Coral Ridge after king tides and heavy rain overwhelmed the city’s wastewater and pump systems.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
  • With the Beastie Boys cranked up in the background in honor of them, Festa worked his magic as the brew bubbled and simmered.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of bubbled
Verb
  • What happened to them, and why Jonah remains obsessed with this one unsolved case, are details that get slowly dripped out, like in every other sad-dad detective show that stretches a movie-length premise over 10 hourlong episodes.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As that water dripped across the shelter floor, calcium carbonate settled on anything lying around—logs, leaves, pine cones, and Neanderthal tools.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of dripped
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  • Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of gurgled
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“Plashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plashed. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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