Definition of Sloshes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of slosh) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sloshes

1. slosh [v] - See also: slosh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloshes

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

Literary usage of Sloshes

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

1. Letter of Col. John Spencer, Late Receiver of the Land Office at Fort Wayne by John Spencer (1852)
"... as the said region of country is low and flat, abounding in numerous sloshes, and few or no bridges, and that even in traveling from one of said points ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"He just sloshes his sympathy around promiscuous, as a nigger uses cologne. Ergo, he develops a scent of roses in places where some people have found a moral ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1920)
"... and the way it sloshes up and down." They put the bundles on the wharf and climbed into the boat. The water slapped vigorously against its side, ..."

4. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1921)
"Ward have their meetings at ' The sloshes of Hanover' where large and enthusiastic congregations of Whigs assemble at short summons. ..."

5. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier (1840)
"... under pretence of speaking with him, while he was walking there with a foreign ambassador, and had thrust his knife through the sloshes of his robe, ..."

6. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1919)
"... and after supper and a good night's or's Committee of Welcome aboard, rest aboard ship we '11 resume our journey sloshes hysterically up the river, ..."

7. Gold Hunting in Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1901)
"This is soaked full of water, and it Is like walking over a bed of sponges, where one " sloshes " in flve or six inches at every step, to travel over such ..."

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