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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
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
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Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours.
—Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Ford would then have to cradle 10 cups of sloshing lemonade on the drive home.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Where else were so many opinionated readers and writers sloshing in the same warm pool water, where the frenzied, silly posting merged real life stakes with absolute, terrifying chaos?
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours.
—Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Ford would then have to cradle 10 cups of sloshing lemonade on the drive home.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Where else were so many opinionated readers and writers sloshing in the same warm pool water, where the frenzied, silly posting merged real life stakes with absolute, terrifying chaos?
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloshing
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Powdery mildews produce spores in spring that move to susceptible host tissue by insect or human activity, wind, or splashing raindrops.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2025
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Heidi Klum continued her barely-there swimwear streak on Tuesday, splashing in the waves while wearing a micro string bikini set.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
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Afterwards, soak up the atmosphere in the relaxation space, surrounded by endless reflections of the tiled pool and rippling water.—
Cassie Doney,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
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And the effects are rippling well beyond Caracas.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Sloshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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