slosh

Also found in: Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to slosh: slosh around

slosh

(slŏsh)

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.

1. Slush.

2. The sound of splashing liquid.

[Perhaps blend of slop and slush.]

slosh′y adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

slosh

(slɒʃ)

1. watery mud, snow, etc

2. slang Brit a heavy blow

3. the sound of splashing liquid

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

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

6. informal

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

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

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

8. informal (usually foll by: about or around) to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken

[C19: variant of slush, influenced by slop¹]

ˈsloshy adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slosh

(slɒʃ)

v.i.

1. to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.

2. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.

v.t.

3. to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid.

4. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly.

5. watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.

6. the lap or splash of liquid.

[1805–15;perhaps b. slop¹ and slush]

slosh′y, adj. slosh•i•er, slosh•i•est.

slosh

Past participle: sloshed
Gerund: sloshing

Imperative
slosh
slosh

Present
I slosh
you slosh
he/she/it sloshes
we slosh
you slosh
they slosh

Preterite
I sloshed
you sloshed
he/she/it sloshed
we sloshed
you sloshed
they sloshed

Present Continuous
I am sloshing
you are sloshing
he/she/it is sloshing
we are sloshing
you are sloshing
they are sloshing

Present Perfect
I have sloshed
you have sloshed
he/she/it has sloshed
we have sloshed
you have sloshed
they have sloshed

Past Continuous
I was sloshing
you were sloshing
he/she/it was sloshing
we were sloshing
you were sloshing
they were sloshing

Past Perfect
I had sloshed
you had sloshed
he/she/it had sloshed
we had sloshed
you had sloshed
they had sloshed

Future
I will slosh
you will slosh
he/she/it will slosh
we will slosh
you will slosh
they will slosh

Future Perfect
I will have sloshed
you will have sloshed
he/she/it will have sloshed
we will have sloshed
you will have sloshed
they will have sloshed

Future Continuous
I will be sloshing
you will be sloshing
he/she/it will be sloshing
we will be sloshing
you will be sloshing
they will be sloshing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sloshing
you have been sloshing
he/she/it has been sloshing
we have been sloshing
you have been sloshing
they have been sloshing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sloshing
you will have been sloshing
he/she/it will have been sloshing
we will have been sloshing
you will have been sloshing
they will have been sloshing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sloshing
you had been sloshing
he/she/it had been sloshing
we had been sloshing
you had been sloshing
they had been sloshing

Conditional
I would slosh
you would slosh
he/she/it would slosh
we would slosh
you would slosh
they would slosh

Past Conditional
I would have sloshed
you would have sloshed
he/she/it would have sloshed
we would have sloshed
you would have sloshed
they would have sloshed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new 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"

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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

slosh

verb

To hurl or scatter liquid upon:

bespatter, dash, slop, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, swash.

Translations

agitare fango percuotere sguazzare spruzzare

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slosh

(inf)

(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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

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.

View in context

Dev- ils don't slosh around much of a Sunday, I don't reckon."

View in context

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.

View in context

Her legs were stockingless, and I had noticed when she walked that her bare feet were thrust into the crinkly, iron-like shoes that sloshed about her lean ankles at every step.

View in context

However, it re-opened on Wednesday in time for the school to continue an end-of-term programme which culminated on Thursday morning with an attempt at the Guinness World Record for the largest Slosh, with participants taking to the school's 3G pitch to strut their stuff.

Sloshathon aiming for world title

The slosh forces occur on a timescale of fractions of a second during flight events, such as accelerations or turbulence, while the propellant is used up over a period of months or years.

Propellant Slosh Force and Mass Measurement

Baldwin in the Hollywood drama Concussion--says helmets fall short in protecting against injuries that occur when the brain, which floats in cerebrospinal fluid and is not connected to the skull, "sloshes" around.

A collar to protect the brain: researchers have begun human clinical trials for a device that's meant to keep the brain from moving around so much inside the skull when it gets hit

There are many variations on the recipe for a good pantomime "slosh".

Costume dramas; Ever wondered what it takes to pull off a panto in style. Here are some interesting titbits of information about the Belgrade Theatre's festive offering Beauty and the Beast

This might be even more important against the background of tightened requirements for future editions of the guidelines and therefore for the slosh box test.

Creating flushable products--squaring the circle

The map unifies the multiple SLOSH grids into a single national display, so that users can select a category of hurricane (1-5) and zoom in or out on a particular location.

New site identifies areas threatened by storm surge

The latest findings strongly suggest the exploding star literally sloshed around, re-energizing the stalled shock wave and allowing the star to finally blast off its outer layers.