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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.
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Plashing
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English plasch pool, puddle, Old English plæsc; cognate with Dutch, Low German plas, probably of imitative orig.
before 1000; Middle English plasch pool, puddle, Old English plæsc; cognate with Dutch, Low German plas, probably of imitative orig.
Related forms
plash·ing·ly, adverb
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verb (used with object)
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French plaissier, derivative of plais hedge < Vulgar Latin *plaxum < ?
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French plaissier, derivative of plais hedge < Vulgar Latin *plaxum < ?
Related forms
plash·er, noun
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plash
"small puddle, wet ground," O.E. plæsc "pool of water, puddle," probably onomatopoeic (cf. Du. plassen, Ger. platschen). Meaning "noise made by splashing" is first recorded 1513.
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