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
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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.
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Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
During these upcoming Starship test flights, engineers will measure the slosh of propellants inside the ship, along with tank pressures, and observe how the fluids respond to impulses from small thrusters.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2024
John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
All the while, pieces of the wharf — as well as the restrooms that once stood near its western end — continued to bob and slosh off the coast.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The slosh of her mental activity rose and became the pantry around her.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
During these upcoming Starship test flights, engineers will measure the slosh of propellants inside the ship, along with tank pressures, and observe how the fluids respond to impulses from small thrusters.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2024
Verb
Scenes of José Arcadio and friends sloshing through the swamp, completely lost, are among the most memorable of Season 1.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
All the while, pieces of the wharf — as well as the restrooms that once stood near its western end — continued to bob and slosh off the coast.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slosh. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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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
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