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SLOSH
slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around
(verb) spill or splash copiously or clumsily; “slosh paint all over the walls”
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop
(verb) walk through mud or mire; “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”
splash, splosh, slosh, slush
(verb) make a splashing sound; “water was splashing on the floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
slosh (third-person singular simple present sloshes, present participle sloshing, simple past and past participle sloshed)
(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh
(intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
(transitive, of a liquid) To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts
(intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
(British, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
Noun
slosh (countable and uncountable, plural sloshes)
(countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
(countable) A sloshing sound or motion.
(uncountable) Slush.
Coordinate terms
• splash
Etymology 2
Noun
slosh (plural sloshes)
(computing, slang) backslash, the character \.
Anagrams
• Sohls
Source: Wiktionary
Slosh, Slosh"y.
Definition: See Slush, Slushy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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