slosh

[ slosh ]

verb (used without object)

1. to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
2. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.

verb (used with object)

1. to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid:

   to slosh the mop in the pail.

2. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly:

   She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall.

noun

1. watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
2. the lap or splash of liquid:

   the slosh of waves against the shore.

3. a small quantity of liquid:

   a slosh of milk in the pail.

4. a watery or weak drink.

slosh

/ slɒʃ /

noun

1. watery mud, snow, etc
2. slang.
   a heavy blow
3. the sound of splashing liquid
4. a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines

verb

1. informal.
   tr; foll by around, on, in, etc to throw or pour (liquid)
2. informal.
   whenintr, often foll by about or around
   1. to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
   2. (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
3. slang.
   tr to deal a heavy blow to
4. informal.
   usually foll byabout or around to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken

Derived Forms

• ˈsloshy, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slosh¹

1805–15; perhaps blend of slop ¹ and slush

Word History and Origins

Origin of slosh¹

C19: variant of slush , influenced by slop ¹

Example Sentences

Its icy crust is up to 25km thick, and sloshing beneath, there could be a vast saltwater ocean.

From BBC

Scientists believe hydrothermal water vents blast the core’s heat upward, thawing an expansive ocean that sloshes roughly 15 miles below the moon’s icy crust — far deeper than humans have ever dug on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times

Eliza Tibbets tended them with care, or no, she just nonchalantly watered them with whatever was left sloshing around in her dishpan.

From Los Angeles Times

The band was left by the tallest waves of the sloshing water in the valley, with a high-water mark that was more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.

From Salon

One way to grasp the magnitude of L.A.’s climate challenge is to consider the great, silent sloshing under our feet.

From Los Angeles Times

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