Thesaurus results for SLOSH

slosh

verb

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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 If some oil sloshes off a ship or leaks out of a pipeline, what’s the difference? —

Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 The massive amounts of debris that impact created then crashed back to the lunar surface, creating a tidal wave 11 times taller than Mount Everest and then sloshing around for two hours to form the outer two of the basin’s three concentric rims. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026 There’s a very simple reason why Kimi is always so sloshed. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 One of the regulars is sloshed and keeps turning the knob, switching radio stations every which way. —

E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slosh

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And with numerous economic hurdles looming now, including interest rates still being elevated, stock market volatility persisting and inflation rising and continuing to shape household budgets, the timing of those withdrawals can have consequences that ripple far beyond a single account statement.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 May 2026
But what happens in those interstitial periods, as micro-rhythms ripple outward from liquid collisions, is key to Seefeel’s approach.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026