slosh

Definition of sloshnext
1
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 My little water bottle sloshed in my backpack, now half empty. Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 The boots of an MTA work crew and one reporter began to slosh through mud. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 If the blades of a propeller spin rapidly in a simple fluid, for example, the fluid on one side of the blade can slosh much faster than the fluid on the other, leading to a drop in pressure on that side. Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026 That's because the size of this deal and the amount of stock that is sloshing around and will be spawned is too great. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for slosh
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  • Something extraordinary these episodes illustrate, in our view, is the vulnerability of America’s highly interconnected fresh-food supply chain, in which one grower or supplier problem can ripple astonishingly fast.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That remains enough concentration for export restrictions to ripple through automotive, energy and defense industries.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Antonio Banderas' house—with the dune in the background, where Tony gets splashed with water every morning—was only a mile from my house.
    Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The spacecraft splashed down in the Indian Ocean intact after flying halfway around the world from SpaceX’s launch base in South Texas.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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