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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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.
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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
Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
An hour and a half later, Howard was back on the field, sloshing through red and white confetti a few short steps from where Smith was tackled on the biggest throw of Howard’s life.
—Matt Baker, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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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
The mudslide sloshed into the canyon early Jan. 27, forcing the closure of SR-27.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
An hour and a half later, Howard was back on the field, sloshing through red and white confetti a few short steps from where Smith was tackled on the biggest throw of Howard’s life.
—Matt Baker, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slosh. Accessed 21 Feb. 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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