Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strike; chip or break by a sudden blow.
- To spatter, as water or mud.
- To dash and rebound as water; make a noise like water agitated in a close vessel.
- noun Water, mud, etc., dashed or splashed up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland, Northern England A
splash . - noun Scotland, Northern England A mark left by a splash of water or mud.
- verb Scotland, Northern England To splash; to
slosh .
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Examples
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And awa 'went the twasome, haup-jaup in their daffin',
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various
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-- Ho'd the jaup wi 'th {(e}; dos't ta want ivery body to knaw how soft thoo is?
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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