slosh

[ slosh ]

/ slɒʃ /

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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.

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Origin of slosh

1805–15; perhaps blend of slop¹ and slush

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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|DAILY BEAST
At the same time, all this money sloshing around in new programs must eventually either go somewhere or be removed.
Prepare for Your Money to Be Worth Less|Paul Kedrosky|December 4, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It rocked under him, and the dregs of whiskey sloshing around in his body made him feel dizzy.
Shaman|Robert Shea
Twice they heard a sloshing a few feet away, and then the scuttling of an unseen animal.
The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany

These 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 McCutcheon
But 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

slosh

/ (slɒʃ) /

noun

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

verb

(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

Derived forms of slosh

sloshy, adjective

Word Origin for slosh

C19: variant of slush, influenced by slop 1

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slosh

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