Meaning

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
2. (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh.
3. (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
4. (transitive, of a liquid) To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.
5. (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
6. (British, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
7. (countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
8. (countable) A sloshing sound or motion.

Example Sentences

The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.

The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.

His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.

The coffee was nice and hot, so she sloshed some into a cup and went back to her desk.

He really sloshed on the sauce- they were a bit strong for my taste.

The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.

She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.” “You can't have looked properly.” Again I was compelled to pause and remind myself that an English gentleman does not slosh a sitting redhead, no matter what the provocation.

We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.

Word Forms

• sloshes
• sloshing
• sloshed

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Use slosh when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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