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plash

1  [plash]
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–noun
1. a gentle splash.
2. a pool or puddle.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to splash gently.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME plasch pool, puddle, OE plæsc; c. D, LG plas, prob. of imit. orig.

Related forms:
plash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

plash

2  [plash]
–verb (used with object)
pleach.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF plaissier, deriv. of plais hedge < VL *plaxum < ?

Related forms:
plasher, noun
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plash   (plāsh)   
n.  

  1. A light splash.

  2. The sound of a light splash.

v.   plashed, plash·ing, plash·es

v.   tr.
To spatter (liquid) about; splash.
v.   intr.
To cause a light splash.

[Possibly from Middle English plashe, pool of water, from Old English plæsc.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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