slosh (redirected from sloshy)

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.

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[Perhaps blend of slop and slush.]

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sloshy adj.

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slosh [slɒʃ]

n

1. watery mud, snow, etc.

2. Brit slang a heavy blow

3. the sound of splashing liquid

4. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines

vb

1. (tr; foll by around, on, in, etc.) Informal to throw or pour (liquid)

2. (when intr, often foll by about or around) Informal

a.  to shake or stir (something) in a liquid

b.  (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc.

3. (tr) Brit slang to deal a heavy blow to

4. (usually foll by about or around) Informal to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken

[variant of slush, influenced by slop¹]

sloshy  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	slosh - make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" slush, splosh, splash 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" squish, slop, splash, splosh, squelch 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" slosh around, slush around, slush spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

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slosh

verb

1. splash, wash, slop, break, plash The water sloshed around the bridge.

2. wade, splash, flounder, paddle, dabble, wallow, swash We sloshed through the mud together.

Translations

slosh [slɒʃ]

A. VT

1. (= splash) [+ liquid] to slosh some water over sth → echar agua sobre algo

2. (= hit) [+ person] → pegar

B. VI to slosh about in the puddles → chapotear en los charcos
the water was sloshing about in the pail → el agua chapoteaba en el cubo

slosh (inf)

vt

(Brit, = hit) person → eine schmieren (+dat) (inf); ball → dreschen

(= splash) → klatschen; don’t slosh the milk around → schwapp nicht so mit der Milch herum

vi to slosh (around) (liquid) → (herum)schwappen; to slosh through mud/water → durch Matsch/Wasser waten

slosh [slɒʃ] (fam)

1. vt

a. (liquid) → spargere
to slosh some water over sth → gettare dell'acqua su qc

b. (hit, person) → colpire

2. vi to slosh about in the puddles → sguazzare nelle pozzanghere

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slosh [slɒʃ] (fam)

1. vt

a. (liquid) → spargere
to slosh some water over sth → gettare dell'acqua su qc

b. (hit, person) → colpire

2. vi to slosh about in the puddles → sguazzare nelle pozzanghere