plashy

plashy
/plash"ee/, adj., plashier, plashiest.
1. marshy; wet.
2. splashing.
[1545-55; PLASH1 + -Y1]

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  • plashy — adjective a) Watery, wet, waterlogged. b) Marked by flecks of colour, as if plashed with paint …   Wiktionary

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  • plashy — /ˈplæʃi/ (say plashee) adjective (plashier, plashiest) 1. marshy; wet. 2. splashing. {plash1 + y1} …  

  • plash|y — «PLASH ee», adjective. 1. abounding in pools of water; marshy; wet: »Seek st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake? (W. C. Bryant). 2. plashing or splashing. 3. marked as if splashed with color: »a serpent s plashy neck (Keats) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brink — (br[i^][ng]k), n. [Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.] The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sloppier — Sloppy Slop py, a. [Compar. {Sloppier}; superl. {Sloppiest}.] [From {Slop}.] Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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