Sploshes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Moves through or spreads liquid in a messy, noisy way, the way a child splashes in a puddle
2. Makes a wet, noisy splash when moving through water, mud or any similar liquid surface
3. Wades or churns through wet ground or liquid so that it splashes around in a sloppy manner

Etymology: "Sploshes" is the third-person singular present form of "splosh," so it is the verb "splosh" as used with "he," "she," or "it." The verb "splosh" is onomatopoeic, meaning it was formed to imitate the sound of a heavy liquid being thrown about or landing with a wet smack. Its sound pattern sits in a family of similar-sounding words: "splash" and "splish" share the same imitative "spl-" opening and the sense of liquid hitting a surface. "Splosh" is also closely related to "slosh," which likewise describes liquid moving noisily in a container or on the ground. The two words overlap in meaning and in their wet, messy sound, so the connection is less a borrowing than a shared sense of sloppy, splashing motion. Because the word grew out of sound rather than from an older root, there is no classical language behind it to trace.

Synonyms: splash, slosh, splatter, spatter