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[ slosh ] / slɒʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slosh ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to splash or move through water, mud, or slush. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container. verb (used with object)to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid: to slosh the mop in the pail. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly: She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall. nounwatery mire or partly melted snow; slush. the lap or splash of liquid: the slosh of waves against the shore. a small quantity of liquid: a slosh of milk in the pail. a watery or weak drink. Origin of slosh1805–15; perhaps blend of slop1 and slush Words nearby sloshSloppy Joe's, slopshop, slop sink, slopwork, slorm, slosh, sloshed, sloshy, slot, slot aerial, slotback Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sloshShake the pan occasionally to distribute the sauce and slosh it over the fish. Salt Cod, Scampi, Filet of Grouper|The Daily Beast|December 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST Turkey and Italy hardly done when all these Balkan chaps set to and slosh Turkey. If Winter Comes|A.S.M. Hutchinson In New York the streets were afloat with liquid mud and slosh. Sketches and Studies|Nathaniel Hawthorne They put a slice of boiled ham in a little dish, slosh a couple of eggs on it, and tuck the dish into the oven a few minutes. Ruggles of Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson
I may slosh about and billow somewhat, but I positively decline to heave up and down. One Third Off|Irvin S. Cobb A regular thaw had set in, and the streets were in a condition of 'slosh' that reminded me of Broadway in spring. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox
British Dictionary definitions for slosh
nounwatery mud, snow, etc British slang a heavy blow the sound of splashing liquid a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines verb(tr; foll by around, on, in, etc) informal to throw or pour (liquid) (when intr, often foll by about or around) informal - to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
- (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
(tr) British slang to deal a heavy blow to (usually foll by about or around) informal to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken Derived forms of sloshsloshy, adjectiveWord Origin for sloshC19: variant of slush, influenced by slop 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sloshwallow, wade, flounder, splatter, spill |