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.
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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.
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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.