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 The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for slosh

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The strait carried about 7% of Europe’s LNG inflows in 2025, and higher costs for energy, ship fuel, freight and insurance can ripple through global trade.

— Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Left unaddressed, these issues will ripple across the country with consequences of global significance.

— Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026