sloshing

present participle of slosh
1
as in splashing
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 slopping
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 sloshing 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 Canadian quartet Truck Violence have been sloshing together these subgenres in a ruthless manner for several years now, and their sophomore album and debut for the Flenser aims for even higher drops between those peaks and valleys. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026 Abstractions that looked like scribbled pastels or Helen Frankenthaler oils or the iTunes visualizer would give way to churning data pigment, sloshing in a square frame. Max Norman, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 There’s a lot of money sloshing around the top-end of the art market right now, as the past two marquee New York auction seasons have proven. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026 As for all this money allegedly sloshing around, one wonders if Hartley or Warsh wonder why so little can be found in west Baltimore (MD), El Monte (CA) and Pueblo (CO), but so much in Atherton, Lake Forest and New Canaan. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Multiple baffles within the bladder help keep the liquid from sloshing around excessively, while a wide waterproof zipper across the top makes for easy filling, cleaning, and adding of electrolytes. Ben Coxworth may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2026 The sloshing water within the fjord established a 66-second long-period seiche, a standing wave, that reverberated back and forth for 36 hours. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026 There’s plenty of money sloshing around in the ever-growing (tomato) pie. Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
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  • Onlookers watched the storm surge at the Lake Pontchartrain estuary, with kids splashing in the floodwaters as Bertha approached the Louisiana Coast.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • To avoid this, water your plants in the morning and direct water to the soil line to keep it from splashing up on your plant’s leaves.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
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  • All the tempestuous hormones and emotions and urges invisibly flashing across their own bodies like a rippling second skin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Major changes to federal student loan repayment rules went into effect this month and are rippling across the system.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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“Sloshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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