slosh

UK /slɒʃ/ US /slɑʃ/
noun 6verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.

2

To cause to slosh.

The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.

3

To make a sloshing sound.

His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.

4

To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.

The coffee was nice and hot, so she sloshed some into a cup and went back to her desk.

He really sloshed on the sauce- they were a bit strong for my taste.

5

to move noisily through water or other liquid.

The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.

noun

1

A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.

We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.

2

A sloshing sound or motion.

3

Slush.

Shoes and socks, soaked and frozen in the mud and icy slosh, did little to protect their feet.

4

Inferior wine or other drink.

In the Midi, Grenache dominates most of the traditional appellations. Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Faugères — these were once bywords for rough-and-ready red slosh.

5

A game related to billiards.

Finally they retired, did you not? said Tetty. We did indeed, said Goff, we retired to the billiard-room, for a game of slosh.

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