2. Noun. A motion or action that sloshes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloshing
1. slosh [v] - See also: slosh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloshing
Literary usage of Sloshing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"He dropped his boxers and stripped off his T-shirt and climbed into the tub,
sloshing gallons of water over the scummy tile floor. When I was two years old, ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"... sloshing, striking with the ferule, and in the exercise of all their other
methods of tyranny. Elevated with this conceit, they can hold filth and ..."
3. Directory of Northridge Earthquake Research edited by Brian Cowan, Michael Mahoney, Stephen A. Mahin (2000)
"This sloshing produced 10/t vertical runup distances measured around the SE side
of the reservoir by ihc PI. This intriguing observation implying that the ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
""sloshing about"—a western term—can only be explained by the bit of evidence
which is quoted in illustration :— " ' Come, witness, what had Mr Sal ton- ..."
5. NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and edited by Eugene Zeller (2001)
"Fluid-structure interaction forces are categorized as sloshing (convective mass)
and rigid (impulsive mass) forces. The proportion of these forces depends ..."
6. The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county, and other sketches, by Mark by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1867)
"... what there is left of it, but they started her sloshing around and sloshing
around and sloshing around ..."
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