Describing the fall of objects into water [closed]
- "Rippling."
- Perhaps "cannonballing" such as when someone jumps in a pool with knees drawn to chest;
- "belly-flop" or "belly smacker" when someone lands flat on their belly and face jumping into water;
- "churning" self explanatory;
- "eddying" which is more the counter current movement of water beyond fixed objects such as rocks;
- "geyser" as I suppose water can do when a large object is dropped;
- "spray";
- "plop" as with small objects entering water;
- "splatter" though usually one thinks of thicker fluids than water;
- "pelt" as one could throw multiple small objects into the water;
- "skip" as with a flat rock skimming the surface more than once when thrown nearly parallel with the water surface;
- "pour" - I suppose you could pour sand, salt, or a collection of pebbles etc. into water;
- "dissolve" in addition to the sink or float options you mentioned;
- "buoyant"; "suspended" if describing an object hovering just below the surface;
- "founder" - to fill with water and sink, usually a ship, but could happen to a dropped concave object I suppose;
- "calving" when speaking of a chunk of glacier falling into the water;
- "tumbling" for sizable falling object(s);
- "crumbling"; "sliding"; "toppling"; "rolling"; "avalanche";
- "plunk" which I would consider a sharper sound than a plop, "plunk" could also be used as a verb to throw something into the water.
Didn't really address nuances much but maybe there is one tidbit in this.