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 Ford would then have to cradle 10 cups of sloshing lemonade on the drive home. Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025 Where else were so many opinionated readers and writers sloshing in the same warm pool water, where the frenzied, silly posting merged real life stakes with absolute, terrifying chaos? Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 After a tour group member gets sloshed and trips a lever that closes a distiller's valves, a fire erupts. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025 Other people want to slosh around in the rainforest getting wet socks and studying how spiders swing through trees and even more power to them. Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slosh
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  • As seismic waves continue to ripple throughout the NFL barely a week after the end of the regular season — the strongest of which are emanating from the Rust Belt cities in the AFC North — things are relatively calm in the Carolinas.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Any disruption could ripple quickly through the country’s automotive and high-tech manufacturing industries.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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  • After LaRavia made 10 of 11 shots to introduce himself to fans and Minnesota star Anthony Edwards, the Lakers’ general manager splashed a photo of LaRavia gazing out of a window on the front page of a faux newspaper and printed it on a black T-shirt.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Kids can splash at Reedy River Bend, make purchases at a Publix grocery store, explore health and anatomy at Your Healthy Body and its Teddy Bear Clinic, or take on climbing and engineering challenges.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.

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