slosh

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noun

ˈsläsh How to pronounce slosh (audio)
ˈslȯsh
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: the slap or splash of liquid
sloshy adjective

slosh

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verb

sloshed; sloshing; sloshes

intransitive verb

1
: to flounder or splash through water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion
the water sloshed around himBill Alcine

transitive verb

1
: 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
Noun
Breakfast is a small piece of bread, some yogurt, and a slosh of water poured directly into our mouths. Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 The lure was a slosh of water into which rabbit-food pellets are dissolved and left to rot, simulating the puddles and ponds rich in decaying plant matter where mosquitoes lay their eggs. Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 The activity of separating the butter from the buttermilk is full of thrills that unfold with gratifying ease: Process the thickened cream on high until the buttermilk falls away in one astounding slosh. Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020 But the Americans could never present a stable or convincing new reality to ordinary Afghans, who watched as security crumbled and new forms of corruption flowed from the slosh of cash and contracts that came with the occupation. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021 The slosh of water turns to sludge; a baby passes by him, dead and flushed away. Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 7 May 2021 Constantly feeling water slosh around inside your boots usually results in your hike being cut short. Matthew Young, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021 Though the slosh of Earth’s oceans produces a comparable sound, scientists have yet to suss out a plausible cause for the Red Planet’s curious tune. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020 The Post’s hub — a journalistic nerve center where editors once plotted coverage and sent breaking-news alerts to millions of readers — was silent but for the hum of air conditioning and the slosh of a distant mop. Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2020
Verb
Other scientists theorize that the combined effects of a soupy atmosphere and sloshing innards of early Venus slowed the original clockwise revolution, perhaps even to a halt. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024 Dress up, too: The chic crowds here have more on their minds than just getting sloshed. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024 Some scientists said there may be a connection between global warming and the wandering vortex: The theory is that when weird warmth invades the Arctic, some of the cold that's supposed to stay up there – including the vortex – instead sloshes down south into North America and Europe. Doyle Rice, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024 But every few years, the trade winds that blow from east to west weaken, allowing that warm water to slosh eastward and pile up along the equator. CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023 In Nassau County, video showed cars sloshing through water that had collected on the streets of Freeport. Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024 Severe flooding in New York on Friday sent people and cars wading through drenched streets, homes flooded, and travelers sloshing through ankle-deep water at LaGuardia Airport. Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023 But on December 12, the flaming orange chips will get sloshed with the launch of Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese. Kate Krader, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023 Back in the day, you could feasibly be left to your own devices and told to take your kid sister trick-or-treating while hundreds of kids roamed the neighborhood adult-free and the parents were completely sloshed and overdressed partying in some warehouse downtown. Sona Charaipotra, Parents, 11 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably blend of slop and slush

First Known Use

Noun

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1844, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of slosh was in 1814

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Cite this Entry

“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slosh. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

slosh

1 of 2 noun
1
2
: the slap or splash of liquid

slosh

2 of 2 verb
1
: to struggle through or splash about in or with water, mud, or slush
2
: to move with a splashing motion

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