slosh

(släs̸h)

transitive verb

  1. to shake or agitate (a liquid or something in a liquid)
  2. to apply (a liquid) lavishly or carelessly

Origin: var. of slush

intransitive verb

  1. to splash or move clumsily through water, mud, etc.
  2. to splash about: said of a liquid

noun

  1. slush
  2. the sound of liquid splashing about

Related Forms:

See slosh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sloshed, slosh·ing, slosh·es
verb, transitive
  1. To spill or splash (a liquid) copiously or clumsily: slosh paint on the floor.
  2. To agitate in a liquid: slosh clothes in a solution of bleach and detergent.
verb, intransitive
To splash, wade, or flounder in water or another liquid: sloshed through the creek.
noun
  1. Slush.
  2. The sound of splashing liquid.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps blend of slop1

Origin: and slush

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Related Forms:

  • sloshˈy adjective

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