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Definition of Slosh
1. Verb. Make a splashing sound. "Water was splashing on the floor"
2. Verb. Walk through mud or mire. "They slosh down the river "; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Generic synonyms: Footslog, Pad, Plod, Slog, Tramp, Trudge
3. Verb. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. "Slosh paint all over the walls"
Generic synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash
Definition of Slosh
1. Verb. (intransitive of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily. ¹
2. Verb. (British colloquial transitive) To punch (someone). ¹
3. Noun. A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash ¹
4. Noun. (computing) backslash, the character \. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slosh
1. to move with a splashing motion [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slosh
Literary usage of Slosh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope (1860)
"Splash, splash, slosh, slosh! on we went in this way for hours, almost without
speaking. ... Splash, splash, slosh, slosh! we were at it all day. ..."
2. Hurricane Andrew: South Florida and Louisiana, August 23-26, 1992: Natural by Jennifer J. Wilson, James P. Travers (1997)
"slosh Model Performance For more than 12 years, the NWS has been modelling
hurricane storm surges with the slosh model. This numerical computer model ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... be splashing, swish (1. slosh) about. ... (s)plash: swish (l. slosh) about:
... swish (I. slosh) about: (huuh- toai wash; ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Keep slosh' or 'stand slosh ' are equivalent to 'stand clear,' ' out of the way.
... Slush, sb., var. pron. of slosh, qv ' Sludge' is ..."
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