Synonyms of sloshing

sloshing

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashing
• rippling
• bubbling
• lapping
• swashing
• gurgling
• plashing
• babbling

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashing
• slopping
• spattering
• swashing
• spraying
• sprinkling
• dashing
• dabbling
• washing
• lapping
• squirting
• plashing
• spritzing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sloshing

But even if his sweaty, sockless feet had been sloshing around in the lace-up shoes, Skarsgård’s metallic gold suit, also by Saint Laurent, served as a shiny distraction. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026

The Coriolis effect caused by the planet’s rotation then pinned the waves against the western coasts of North and South America, preventing the water from sloshing back out to sea. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

There's trillions of dollars sloshing around in data center development. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Capers used his rifle like a cane and limped along, blood sloshing in his jungle boots. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 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

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