Thesaurus results for SLOSH

slosh

verb

Definition of slosh next

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 Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores. —

Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race. —

Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026 When the battery kicks in, vibrations slosh back and forth like waves in a pool. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slosh

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Now, effects from the fresh conflict in the Middle East are rippling across the region, further fragmenting a once efficient and finely tuned global aviation network.

— Zach Levitt, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, news of the shooting was rippling through the neighborhood.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026