slosh
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
(of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.
to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid: to slosh the mop in the pail.
to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly: She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall.
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
the lap or splash of liquid: the slosh of waves against the shore.
a small quantity of liquid: a slosh of milk in the pail.
a watery or weak drink.
Origin of slosh
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How to use slosh in a sentence
“As I was making turns … I could hear it sloshing in the back of my car,” he said.
Aurora Cops Relive the Horror at James Holmes Hearing | Christine Pelisek | January 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the same time, all this money sloshing around in new programs must eventually either go somewhere or be removed.
It rocked under him, and the dregs of whiskey sloshing around in his body made him feel dizzy.
Shaman | Robert SheaTwice they heard a sloshing a few feet away, and then the scuttling of an unseen animal.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyThese upper bunks are the best when the water is sloshing in here a foot-and-half deep.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace
She was sloshing along toward the centre of a basin which appeared to be half a mile wide and not more than a mile long.
West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheonBut as that possible explanation dawned in his mind, he smelled instead of tasted the liquid sloshing inside.
Voodoo Planet | Andre Norton
British Dictionary definitions for slosh
/ (slɒʃ) /
watery mud, snow, etc
British slang a heavy blow
the sound of splashing liquid
a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines
(tr; foll by around, on, in, etc) informal to throw or pour (liquid)
(when intr, often foll by about or around) informal
to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
(of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
(tr) British slang to deal a heavy blow to
(usually foll by about or around) informal to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken
Origin of slosh
1Derived forms of slosh
- sloshy, adjective
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