slosh
slosh
Definition
slosh (släs̸h)
transitive verb
- to shake or agitate (a liquid or something in a liquid)
- to apply (a liquid) lavishly or carelessly
Etymology: var. of slush
intransitive verb
- to splash or move clumsily through water, mud, etc.
- to splash about: said of a liquid
noun
- slush
- the sound of liquid splashing about
slosh′y adjective
slosh
Usage Examples
Object
- water: Slosh the water in the plastic bottle to show how the fluid in the inner ear moves around.
- noise: The tank felt rather heavy and made quite a sloshing noise.
- liquid: The compact bodies in the jars moving in the sloshing liquid.
- problem: Vladimir Kozlov ( Linkoping, Sweden ): On the 2D sloshing problem.
- gasoline: I slosh gasoline around, open all the doors and windows; strike a match.
- load: DNV is involved in these areas by qualifying flexible loading systems and performing R&D programs for sloshing loads.
Converse of object
- add: Squeeze a bit of lemon in, then add another slosh of white wine.
Modifying Another Word
- about: Not knowing anything about the piece I had no idea what to expect - would there be water sloshing about?
- around: The gangway is several inches deep in water and dirt ( footage shows the investigators feet sloshing around ).
- literally: Rhodri Morgan behaves as if money is literally sloshing around Wales.
- again: At nine o'clock our knees may knock - we stagger out despite ' em By half past ten we're sloshed again.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: Property price increases mean there's a lot more equity sloshing around in the UK's housing market.
- out: By the time that I had got topside, the water I had pumped into the bath had sloshed out.
- down: Feeling thirsty, he tried to swallow some water which simply sloshed down his nose.
Followed by a transitive particle
- around: If blood is sloshing around unbidden then perhaps a quick three hour queue in casualty is called for?
Preposition: of
- wine: Squeeze a bit of lemon in, then add another slosh of white wine.
Browse dictionary entries near slosh
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- slot car
- slot machine
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