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плескаться — meaning in English

pleskatsya

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English meaning

  • dabble verb To try an activity casually or occasionally, without serious commitment.
  • lap noun The flat area formed by the thighs of a seated person.
  • slosh verb To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
  • splash noun The sound or spray made when something hits liquid.
  • swash noun The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.

Senses

плескаться is used for these senses in English:

  • dabble (transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
  • lap (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
  • slosh (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
  • swash (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

dabble — full definition

  1. verb To try an activity casually or occasionally, without serious commitment.
  2. verb To splash a body part gently in water or soft mud, often playfully.

lap — full definition

  1. noun The flat area formed by the thighs of a seated person.
  2. noun One complete circuit of a race track or a length of a swimming pool.
  3. verb To overtake a competitor by completing an extra full circuit ahead of them.
  4. verb Of an animal, to drink liquid using quick movements of the tongue.
  5. verb Of waves or water, to strike a surface gently and repeatedly.

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