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slosh
[slosh]
verb (used without object)
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
(of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.
verb (used with object)
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.
noun
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.
slosh
/ slɒʃ /
noun
watery mud, snow, etc
slang, a heavy blow
the sound of splashing liquid
a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines
verb
informal, (tr; foll by around, on, in, etc) to throw or pour (liquid)
informal
to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
(of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
slang, (tr) to deal a heavy blow to
informal, to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken
Other Word Forms
- sloshy adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of slosh1
Example Sentences
The Dodgers will, so that was Friedman late Friday night, drenched in celebratory alcohol after a championship series sweep, sloshing through pools of liquid forming on plastic sheeting.
It’s an invitation to fraud to have so much cash sloshing around for contractors with identity claims.
Del Toro delights in the kinetic gusto of the tale, the grotesquerie of cracking limbs and blood sloshing about Victor’s shoes.
It's true the fights inside and outside the government are so often driven by cash sloshing around or falling down the back of the sofa.
As you said, a lot of money was sloshing around.
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