upsplash

English

Etymology

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.