slosh

/slɔʃ/
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slosh

The toddler sloshes water out of the bucket while playing.

Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To spill or splash a liquid in a copious, clumsy, or careless manner.
    • To move (a liquid) around in a container, often with a splashing sound.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To move through water, mud, or slush with a splashing sound.
    • (Of a liquid) To move about with a splashing sound inside a container.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (transitive):

    • The clumsy waiter sloshed soup onto the tablecloth.
    • Don't slosh the water in the bucket as you carry it.

  • Verb (intransitive):

    • We had to slosh through the flooded street after the storm.
    • The milk sloshed around in the carton as I ran.
Advanced Usage and Nuances

  • "to slosh about/around": To move through or be present in a liquid in a noisy, splashing way.

    • The children were sloshing about happily in the puddles.
    • There's still some wine sloshing around in the bottom of the bottle.

  • "to slosh something on/over something": To apply or pour a liquid carelessly and generously.

    • He sloshed disinfectant over the entire work surface.
Variants and Related Words

  • Sloshed (adjective, informal): Very drunk.

    • He came home completely sloshed after the party.

  • Sloshy (adjective): Characterized by or full of sloshing; wet and muddy.

    • The path was sloshy after the rain.
Synonyms
  • Splash: To cause a liquid to fly about in drops.
  • Splosh (informal): A synonym for slosh, meaning to move with a splashing sound.
  • Squelch: To walk through mud or wet ground with a sucking sound.
  • Swash: (Archaic/literary) To move with a splashing sound.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Slosh out (informal, British): To pour out (a drink).
    • He sloshed out a large measure of whisky.
Idioms and Common Phrases
  • "Slosh funds around" (informal, often business/political context): To move large amounts of money between accounts or projects, often carelessly or without clear purpose.
    • The scandal revealed how politicians were sloshing public funds around.
slosh

The toddler sloshes water out of the bucket while playing.

Verb
  1. spill or splash copiously or clumsily
    • slosh paint all over the walls
  2. walk through mud or mire
    • We had to splosh across the wet meadow
  3. make a splashing sound
    • water was splashing on the floor

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