Definition of Slosh around

1. Verb. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. "Slosh paint all over the walls"

Exact synonyms: Slosh, Slush, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slosh Around

sloppy joe
sloppy joes
slopseller
slopseller's shop
slopsellers
slopshop
slopshops
slopwork
slopworks
slopy
slore
slores
slosh
slosh around (current term)
sloshed
sloshes
sloshier
sloshiest
sloshily
sloshiness
sloshing
sloshingly
sloshings
sloshy
slot-car
slot-hound
slot-loading disc drive

Literary usage of Slosh around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"slosh around, to,. a Western slang phrase, taking its force from the colloquial term slosh or ... To slosh around means to go about, ..."

2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"Devils don't slosh around much of a Sunday, I don't reckon." " I never thought of that. That's so. Lemme go with you ? " " Of course—if you ain't afeard. ..."

3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"The body of water must be compact, so that it cannot slosh around. A shifting ballast would not do, of course. The modern ship is full of beautiful ..."

4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"How could their [the witches'] charms work till midnight V— and then it's Sunday. Devils don't slosh around much of a Sunday. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, p. 67. ..."

5. Freemasonry in the Holy Land: Or, Handmarks of Hiram's Builders; Embracing by Robert Morris (1872)
"... Phoenicians slosh around and break things as they do in Alabama ? If not, why so many broken vessels? But this discovery stopped further purchases of ..."

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