blash

See also: Blash

English

Etymology

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

Noun

blash (plural blashes)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A heavy fall of rain.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash.

Derived terms

• blashy

Verb

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

1. (Scotland, Northern England, of rain) To pour heavily.

References

• Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BLASH”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.

Scots

Alternative forms

• blashac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑʃ/
• (Southern Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːʃ/

Noun

blash

1. (onomatopoeia) a splash of liquid or semi-liquid
2. (meteorological) hard rainfall, sleet, or hail

Verb

blash

1. (transitive) to splash
2. (meteorological) (Of rain, sleet, hail): to pour heavily, to batter against something

Derived terms

• blashy or blashie