slosh
noun
\ ˈsläsh
, ˈslȯsh\
, ˈslȯsh\
Definition of slosh
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: slush sense 1
2
: the slap or splash of liquid
slosh
verb
sloshed;
sloshing;
sloshes
Definition of slosh (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to flounder or splash through water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
the water sloshed around him— Bill Alcine
1
: to splash about in liquid
2
: to splash (a liquid) about or on something
3
: to splash with liquid
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Other Words from slosh
Noun
sloshy
\ ˈslä-shē
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adjective
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adjective
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: Noun
Her most important paintings, especially the violent loops and sloshes from the months after Pollock’s death and the stormlike monochromes of the 1960s, have an authority that can survive even the sleepiest hang. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Lee Krasner, Hiding in Plain Sight," 19 Aug. 2019 In the basement, a load of laundry sloshes in the washer. — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, "The Day the Town Blew Up," 3 June 2019 Using anti-slosh dams inside the reservoir, designers aimed to prevent fluid from moving around when low. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "The Winter Jacket That’s Also a Water Bottle," 1 Oct. 2018 Just like an ocean wave is a slosh of water and a sound wave is a movement of air, gravitational waves are likewise the motion of a medium. — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, "At Long Last, Scientists Say They Have Confirmed Gravitational Waves," 11 Feb. 2016 As the helium sloshes, the collisions cause some of the helium atoms to flip orientation. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Magnetic helium makes superfluid time crystal," 2 June 2018 There's no purchase when the slosh gets rutted and deep enough. — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, "Cyclists, never underestimate spring breakup in Southcentral Alaska," 29 Mar. 2018 At one moment, a massive wall of water will build and at the last second slosh against the shore, while another more sneaky operator will thunder in and send spray a dozen feet into the air. — Sunset, "An Epic Adventure on B.C.’s Vancouver Island," 22 Jan. 2018 And then picture that through these intestines coursed not only this morning’s breakfast in a slosh of digestive juices but another unlikely component: oxygen. — Sarah B. Puschmann Staff Writer, Fox News, "The yucky way sea spiders get oxygen to their legs," 17 July 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
All that unlocked capital sloshing around the art market has left an opening for Snyder, who competes with the financing arms of auction houses and other boutiques. — Los Angeles Times, "How the rich get spending money: Locking fine art in storage and borrowing against it," 1 Aug. 2019 But to ditch paying interest on reserves, the Fed would also need to slash its bond holdings, because the old rate-setting system does not work when there is a lot of money sloshing around the financial system. — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, "Trump’s Decision to Tap Shelton Creates Political Risk for the Fed," 3 July 2019 Those same Land of the Lost-looking rocks that give Rio its most iconic landmarks—the seaside peaks of Sugarloaf, Corcovado and Two Brothers—also give us the sloshing bounce that creates the wedge-shape waves that bodysurfers favor. — Jamie Brisick, WSJ, "The Rush of Bodysurfing in Rio: A Traveler’s Guide," 3 Jan. 2019 The substance sloshed over his skin, harmlessly evaporating. — The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, "YouTube star Jonathan Grant Thompson dies in paragliding crash," 31 July 2019 The substance sloshed over his skin, harmlessly evaporating. — Tim Elfrink, Anchorage Daily News, "YouTube star whose ‘mad science’ experiments drew billions of views dies in paraglider crash," 31 July 2019 But on Titan, the rivers and lakes are full of sloshing liquid hydrocarbons. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "NASA plans to send a robot to Saturn’s moon Titan," 27 June 2019 But as the number of NATO troops in the country has fallen from 130,000 to 17,000 in recent years, the amount of money sloshing around has plunged, since fewer troops need fewer kebabs, laundry services and supply roads. — The Economist, "The sad decline of spectacular Afghan weddings," 18 July 2019 As if the drama could get more intense, sloshing propellant uncovered a low-level fuel sensor indicating the tank would run dry in 60 seconds. — William Harwood, CBS News, "The inside story of Apollo 11's nail-biting descent to the surface of the moon," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'slosh.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for slosh
slosh
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of slosh
: to walk through water, mud, etc., in a forceful and noisy way
of a liquid
: to move in a noisy or messy way
: to cause (a liquid) to move in a noisy or messy way
See the full definition for slosh in the English Language Learners Dictionary
slosh
verb
\ ˈsläsh
\
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sloshed;
sloshing
Kids Definition of slosh
1
: to walk with trouble through water, mud, or slush
Deeper and deeper … they sloshed through the cavernous sewer.— Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy
2
: to move with a splashing motion