slosh

Definition of sloshnext
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as in to ripple
to move with a splashing motion the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

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as in to splash
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

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Recent Examples of slosh In 2023, another rockslide triggered a tsunami that sloshed back and forth for nine days in a Greenland fjord. Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026 The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor. Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026 But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours. Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 Climate modeling essentially amounts to solving an enormous set of equations describing how fluids slosh around the globe. Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slosh
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  • On Tuesday, criticisms of the White House statement quickly rippled across social media.
    Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The broadside rippled across corporate America as companies accelerated efforts to scale back or scrap DEI programs that could put them in the president’s crosshairs.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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  • Minutes later, Marwan came out of the kitchen, his apron splashed with tomato seeds and parsley.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This is the first evidence that this quark-gluon plasma reacts to particles speeding through it in the same way that liquid does, splashing and rippling, acting as a single unified liquid rather than randomly scattering as individual particles would.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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