blash

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noun

A heavy fall of rain.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash.”

OriginGerman Blasch →
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Meanings

blash1

nounblash (plural blashes)

plural blashes

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandA heavy fall of rain.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash.

verbblash (third-person singular simple present blashes, present participle blashing, simple past and past participle blashed)

present singular third person blashes · participle present blashing · participle past blashed · past blashed

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandTo pour heavily.

Blash2

proper nounBlash (plural Blashes)

plural Blashes

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
clash

Origin

blash · noun, verb

Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”).

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Blash · proper noun

  1. GermanBlasch
  2. EnglishBlash

Altered spelling of German Blasch.

More words from German

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

blahs
Cite this entry
APA

blash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blash

MLA

“blash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blash. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blash,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blash.

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