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slosh

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slosh  (slsh)
v. sloshed, slosh·ing, slosh·es
v.tr.
1. To spill or splash (a liquid) copiously or clumsily: slosh paint on the floor.
2. To agitate in a liquid: slosh clothes in a solution of bleach and detergent.
v.intr.
To splash, wade, or flounder in water or another liquid: sloshed through the creek.
n.
1. Slush.
2. The sound of splashing liquid.

[Perhaps blend of slop1 and slush.]

sloshy adj.

slosh
Verb
1. Informal to throw or pour (liquid) carelessly
2. (often foll. by about, around)Informal
a. to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
b. (of a person) to splash (around) in water or mud
3. (usually foll. by about, around)Informal to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid in a container) to be shaken
4. Brit slang to deal a heavy blow to
Noun
1. the sound of splashing liquid
2. slush
3. Brit slang a heavy blow [variant of slush]
sloshy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.slosh - make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
2.slosh - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp, pad - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
3.slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls"
spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

slosh
verb 1. splash, wash, slop, break, plash
Translations
Spanish slosh [slɔʃ] vi to slosh about or around → chapotear
French slosh [slɔʃ] vi (inf);
to slosh about or around [children] → patauger; [liquid] → clapoter

German slosh [slɔʃ] (inf) vi to slosh around or about (person) → herumplan(t)schen;
(liquid) → herumschwappen

Italian slosh [slɔʃ] vi (col): to slosh about or around [person] → sguazzare; [liquid] → guazzare

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As he came out of his room he heard the slosh of water, a sharp exclamation, and a resounding smack as his sister visited her irritation upon one of her numerous progeny.
Dev- ils don't slosh around much of a Sunday, I don't reckon.
Oh, I had all kinds of hankerings--to follow up the canyon beds and slosh around from pool to pool, making friends with the water-dogs and the speckly trout; to peep on the sly and watch the squirrels and rabbits and small furry things and see what they was doing and learn the secrets of their ways.
 
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