upsplash

noun, verb — 2 senses

upsplash

noun

Etymology From up- + splash.

1

An upward splash; material splashed upwards.

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

upsplash

verb

Etymology From up- + splash.

1

To splash upward.

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