Definition of slosh
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:slush 1
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:the slap or splash of liquid
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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
Definition of slosh
intransitive verb
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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
transitive verb
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:to splash about in liquid
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:to splash (a liquid) about or on something
3
: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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In all the tents, beer is sloshed from morning till night, and everyone is convivial.
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Anne suddenly turned with a large plastic bucket and sloshed me thoroughly with hot water.
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Carefully remove the skillet from the oven, being careful not to slosh the hot water, and then carefully remove the springform pan to a cooling rack.
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Mischa Freystaetter sprinted at the start of the race, bounding over wooden barriers and sloshing through meter-deep water.
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The opening song was met with cheers and a few beers sloshed on stage.
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With the amount of money sloshing through it, and global investment in its technology reaching $1.4 billion in 2016, bitcoin offers the finance-friendly country a promising new market.
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But it is enveloped in ambient city noise ranging from the sound of cars sloshing through rain to the incessant and insistent clanging of a Milwaukee River drawbridge.
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The first time, sludge sloshed over the back of the truck when the driver braked hard to avoid hitting a deer.
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First Known Use of slosh
1844
SLOSH Defined for English Language Learners
slosh
verb
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
slosh
play
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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