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2
: the slap or splash of liquid
sloshed; sloshing; sloshes
1
: to flounder or splash through water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
the water sloshed around him—
Bill Alcine
Bill Alcine1
: to splash about in liquid
2
: to splash (a liquid) about or on something
3
: to splash with liquid
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb
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 on the WebAlexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
But the Americans could never present a stable or convincing new reality to ordinary Afghans, who watched as security crumbled and new forms of corruption flowed from the slosh of cash and contracts that came with the occupation.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
The slosh of water turns to sludge; a baby passes by him, dead and flushed away.
—Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 7 May 2021
Constantly feeling water slosh around inside your boots usually results in your hike being cut short.
—Matthew Young, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
Though the slosh of Earth’s oceans produces a comparable sound, scientists have yet to suss out a plausible cause for the Red Planet’s curious tune.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
The Post’s hub — a journalistic nerve center where editors once plotted coverage and sent breaking-news alerts to millions of readers — was silent but for the hum of air conditioning and the slosh of a distant mop.
—Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2020
Those lakes are filled with methane and ethane rather than water, and any inhabitants would have to deal with temperatures reaching 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, but where liquid sloshes, life might find a way.
—Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2020
Earth has many steady background hums, the most prevalent of which comes from the slosh of oceans and the crash of waves against the shore.
—National Geographic, 24 Feb. 2020
Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
Were your friend sloshing his alcohol, rather than his soup, while making unwanted advances to the waitstaff, Miss Manners could see a duty to intervene.
—Judith Martin, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
And Meyers, indeed, did seem quite sloshed by the end of it.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
But the acid contained in these cells is soaked into fiberglas mats to prevent it from sloshing around or evaporating when the battery is being recharged.
—Randy Zellers, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
There’s suddenly a ton of money sloshing around, and, slowly, the tech world is starting to fragment.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
Certainly there is a ton of debt sloshing around in the financial system following an unprecedented period of zero interest rates that encouraged excessive risk-taking.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
In northeast Los Angeles, silty stormwater sloshed down sidewalks and bubbled in gutters.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Weighed down by gravity, our internal liquids would simply slosh and pool in the parts of our anatomy closest to the ground, if not for the wonders of the circulatory system: an intricate network of vessels, wreathing a central, pumping heart that’s always around to balance the blood back out.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020
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Noun
The activity of separating the butter from the buttermilk is full of thrills that unfold with gratifying ease: Process the thickened cream on high until the buttermilk falls away in one astounding slosh.
—Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
But the Americans could never present a stable or convincing new reality to ordinary Afghans, who watched as security crumbled and new forms of corruption flowed from the slosh of cash and contracts that came with the occupation.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
The slosh of water turns to sludge; a baby passes by him, dead and flushed away.
—Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 7 May 2021
Constantly feeling water slosh around inside your boots usually results in your hike being cut short.
—Matthew Young, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
Though the slosh of Earth’s oceans produces a comparable sound, scientists have yet to suss out a plausible cause for the Red Planet’s curious tune.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
The Post’s hub — a journalistic nerve center where editors once plotted coverage and sent breaking-news alerts to millions of readers — was silent but for the hum of air conditioning and the slosh of a distant mop.
—Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2020
Those lakes are filled with methane and ethane rather than water, and any inhabitants would have to deal with temperatures reaching 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, but where liquid sloshes, life might find a way.
—Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2020
Earth has many steady background hums, the most prevalent of which comes from the slosh of oceans and the crash of waves against the shore.
—National Geographic, 24 Feb. 2020
Verb
Behind them, a silver machine the size of a dishwasher sloshes hot water over three dozen bottles of milk.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
Were your friend sloshing his alcohol, rather than his soup, while making unwanted advances to the waitstaff, Miss Manners could see a duty to intervene.
—Judith Martin, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
And Meyers, indeed, did seem quite sloshed by the end of it.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
But the acid contained in these cells is soaked into fiberglas mats to prevent it from sloshing around or evaporating when the battery is being recharged.
—Randy Zellers, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
There’s suddenly a ton of money sloshing around, and, slowly, the tech world is starting to fragment.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
Certainly there is a ton of debt sloshing around in the financial system following an unprecedented period of zero interest rates that encouraged excessive risk-taking.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
In northeast Los Angeles, silty stormwater sloshed down sidewalks and bubbled in gutters.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Weighed down by gravity, our internal liquids would simply slosh and pool in the parts of our anatomy closest to the ground, if not for the wonders of the circulatory system: an intricate network of vessels, wreathing a central, pumping heart that’s always around to balance the blood back out.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
probably blend of slop and slush
First Known Use
Noun
1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1844, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near slosh
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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slosh. Accessed 3 Jun. 2023.
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slosh
1 of 2 noun1
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: the slap or splash of liquid
slosh
2 of 2 verb1
: to struggle through or splash about in or with water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
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