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Slosh (Verb)

Meaning 1

Spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The inebriated man began to slosh his drink wildly as he stumbled across the barroom floor.
  • While painting the living room walls she accidentally started to slosh paint all over the new furniture.
  • He carelessly started to slosh the transmission fluid all over his hands and work surface.
  • As the stormy waves crashed, the boat started to slosh water in from the broken windows.
  • If you don't secure that container, you'll slosh coffee all over the back of the moving truck.

Synonyms

  • Slush
  • Slosh Around
  • Slush Around

Hypernyms

  • Splash
  • Plash
  • Splosh
  • Splatter
  • Swash

Meaning 2

Make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Examples

  • The water began to slosh violently in the bucket as she walked downstairs.
  • As she carried the overflowing cup, liquid began to slosh over the sides.
  • The sound of waves sloshing against the shore was soothing.
  • The chemical mixture started to slosh around in the beaker as it was moved.
  • When the container was tilted, the juice began to slosh from one side to the other.

Synonyms

  • Splash
  • Slush
  • Splosh

Hypernyms

  • Sound
  • Go

Meaning 3

Walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

  • We had to slosh across the muddy riverbank to get to the other side.
  • The hikers sloshed through the marshy terrain, trying not to get their boots too wet.
  • As we walked through the swamp, our boots began to slosh with every step, collecting more and more muddy water.
  • The kids loved sloshing through the puddles on the playground after the big rainstorm.
  • After the flood, residents had to slosh through the contaminated waters to inspect the damage.

Synonyms

  • Splash
  • Slop
  • Squish
  • Splosh
  • Squelch

Hypernyms

  • Slog
  • Plod
  • Trudge
  • Tramp
  • Footslog
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