slosh

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

   The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.

2. verb To cause to slosh.

   The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.

3. verb To make a sloshing sound.

   His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.

4. verb To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.

   The coffee was nice and hot, so she sloshed some into a cup and went back to her desk.

5. verb to move noisily through water or other liquid.

   The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.

6. verb To punch (someone).
7. noun A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.

   We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.

8. noun A sloshing sound or motion.

Similar words

splosh splash slush squish squelch slop slosh around slush around sloosh swash

Often followed by

of around through and the over back in it

Word family

sloshed sloshes sloshier sloshiest sloshing sloshy