SPLOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splosh mean? 

• SPLOSH (verb)
  The verb SPLOSH has 4 senses:

1. make a splashing sound

2. walk through mud or mire

3. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

4. dash a liquid upon or against

  Familiarity information: SPLOSH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLOSH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a splashing sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

slosh; slush; splash; splosh

Context example:

water was splashing on the floor

Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk through mud or mire

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish

Context example:

We had to splosh across the wet meadow

Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

splash; splosh; sprinkle

Context example:

She splashed the water around her

Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splosh"):

salt (sprinkle as if with salt)

drizzle; moisten (moisten with fine drops)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Context example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splosh"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something