i Register
In some senses, slosh is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.
To cause to slosh.
The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.
To make a sloshing sound.
His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.
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.
to move noisily through water or other liquid.
The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.
noun
A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.
A sloshing sound or motion.
Slush.
Shoes and socks, soaked and frozen in the mud and icy slosh, did little to protect their feet.
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.
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.
noun
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