1
2
: the slap or splash of liquid
sloshed; sloshing; sloshes
1
: to flounder or splash through water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
the water sloshed around him—
Bill Alcine
Bill Alcine1
: to splash about in liquid
2
: to splash (a liquid) about or on something
3
: to splash with liquid
Examples of slosh in a Sentence
Verb
The children sloshed through the big puddle.
Water sloshed in the bottom of the boat as it rocked.
Juice sloshed over the rim of her glass.
The child sloshed the water in the tub.
Recent Examples on the Web
Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
The slosh of her mental activity rose and became the pantry around her.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Large earthquakes, even those thousands of miles away, can cause water in the cavern to oscillate, which in turn sloshes up at the surface.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for slosh
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Just add a cozy puffer jacket and chunky knee-high boots, that are ready to face the slosh and snow, and your mountainside lunch or Glühwein just got a whole lot cooler (theoretically speaking!).
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
The slosh of her mental activity rose and became the pantry around her.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Verb
Other videos showed the contents of rooftop infinity pools – a popular status symbol of Bangkok’s well-heeled – sloshing off the sides of towering apartment blocks onto the street below.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Large earthquakes, even those thousands of miles away, can cause water in the cavern to oscillate, which in turn sloshes up at the surface.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for slosh
Cite this Entry
“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slosh. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
slosh
1 of 2 noun1
2
: the slap or splash of liquid
slosh
2 of 2 verb1
: to struggle through or splash about in or with water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share