upsplash

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English

Etymology

From up- +‎ splash.

Noun

upsplash (countable and uncountable, plural upsplashes)

  1. An upward splash; material splashed upwards.
    • 2009, Glen David Gold, Sunnyside:
      It half disintegrated on the way, crust and filling slapping against the train like an upsplash of mud.
    • 2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One:
      The mist was like backwards rain, upsplash from the falls, and it pelted us so hard I thought I'd lose my balance.
    • 2021, Peter Leggatt, Doll, page 199:
      [] as she plummets back her hair falls slower, splayed like water's upsplash, buoyed on the air, but then pulled down with her []

Verb

upsplash (third-person singular simple present upsplashes, present participle upsplashing, simple past and past participle upsplashed)

  1. To splash upward.