Definition of slosh
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: slush 1
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: the slap or splash of liquid
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Recent Examples of slosh from the Web
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As the helium sloshes, the collisions cause some of the helium atoms to flip orientation.
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There's no purchase when the slosh gets rutted and deep enough.
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At one moment, a massive wall of water will build and at the last second slosh against the shore, while another more sneaky operator will thunder in and send spray a dozen feet into the air.
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And then picture that through these intestines coursed not only this morning’s breakfast in a slosh of digestive juices but another unlikely component: oxygen.
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Garlic chopped to a fine mist and warmed with clam juice and olive oil sloshes under the baked littlenecks, a dozen to an order.
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Ken rustled papers on his desk, fighting a weird slosh of tears.
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Origin and Etymology of slosh
probably blend of slop and slush
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 1814
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of slosh
sloshed;
sloshing;
sloshes
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: to flounder or splash through water, mud, or slush
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: to move with a splashing motion
- the water sloshed around him
- —Bill Alcine
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: to splash about in liquid
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: to splash (a liquid) about or on something
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: to splash with liquid
Examples of slosh in a Sentence
The children sloshed through the big puddle.
Water sloshed in the bottom of the boat as it rocked.
Juice sloshed over the rim of her glass.
The child sloshed the water in the tub.
Recent Examples of slosh from the Web
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Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until the mixture does not slosh from side to side when the dish is gently shaken, and bread crumbs are golden brown.
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Crocs and Kevlar gloves and weapons-grade sunglasses slosh around the bilge.
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Popping, exploding and sloshing sounds could be heard from the fissure as far as 1,500 yards away.
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The Japanese side took a beating from a tempura shrimp sushi handroll that tasted like Chick-fil-A with Russian dressing, and shoyu ramen behaved more like a sloppy stir-fry sloshed in a bowl.
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Popping, exploding and sloshing sounds could be heard from the fissure as far as 1,500 yards away.
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Europa, a moon of Jupiter thought to harbor a warm, saltwater ocean sloshing beneath a thick, icy crust, has long been considered one of the best spots in the solar system to look for alien beings.
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Europa, a moon of Jupiter thought to harbor a warm, saltwater ocean sloshing beneath a thick, icy crust, has long been considered one of the best spots in the solar system to look for alien beings.
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Popping, exploding, and sloshing sounds could be heard from the fissure as far as 1,500 yards away.
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First Known Use of slosh
1844
SLOSH Defined for English Language Learners
slosh
Definition of slosh for English Language Learners
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: to walk through water, mud, etc., in a forceful and noisy way
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of a liquid : to move in a noisy or messy way
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: to cause (a liquid) to move in a noisy or messy way
SLOSH Defined for Kids
verb
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ˈsläsh
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Definition of slosh for Students
sloshed;
sloshing
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: to walk with trouble through water, mud, or slush
- Deeper and deeper … they sloshed through the cavernous sewer.
- —Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy
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: to move with a splashing motion
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