splackadv.
rare.
With a sound suggestive of splashing and smacking.
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splacka1960
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adverb] > splash
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splacka1960
a1960 E. M. Forster Maurice (1971) xxxviii. 182 Mr London and Mr Featherstonhaugh dived splack into the water lilies.
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