Definition of Slosh

1. Verb. Make a splashing sound. "Water was splashing on the floor"

Exact synonyms: Slush, Splash, Splosh
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Splash

2. Verb. Walk through mud or mire. "They slosh down the river "; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Exact synonyms: Slop, Splash, Splosh, Squelch, Squish
Generic synonyms: Footslog, Pad, Plod, Slog, Tramp, Trudge

3. Verb. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. "Slosh paint all over the walls"
Exact synonyms: Slosh Around, Slush, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash

Definition of Slosh

1. Verb. (intransitive of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily. ¹

2. Verb. (British colloquial transitive) To punch (someone). ¹

3. Noun. A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash ¹

4. Noun. (computing) backslash, the character \. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slosh

1. to move with a splashing motion [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slosh

sloppy
sloppy joe
sloppy joes
slopseller
slopseller's shop
slopsellers
slopshop
slopshops
slopwork
slopworks
slopy
slore
slores
slosh (current term)
slosh around
sloshed
sloshes
sloshier
sloshiest
sloshily
sloshiness
sloshing
sloshingly
sloshings
sloshy
slot-car
slot-hound

Literary usage of Slosh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope (1860)
"Splash, splash, slosh, slosh! on we went in this way for hours, almost without speaking. ... Splash, splash, slosh, slosh! we were at it all day. ..."

2. Hurricane Andrew: South Florida and Louisiana, August 23-26, 1992: Natural by Jennifer J. Wilson, James P. Travers (1997)
"slosh Model Performance For more than 12 years, the NWS has been modelling hurricane storm surges with the slosh model. This numerical computer model ..."

3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... be splashing, swish (1. slosh) about. ... (s)plash: swish (l. slosh) about: ... swish (I. slosh) about: (huuh- toai wash; ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Keep slosh' or 'stand slosh ' are equivalent to 'stand clear,' ' out of the way. ... Slush, sb., var. pron. of slosh, qv ' Sludge' is ..."

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