slosh
pronunciation
How to pronounce slosh in British English:
UK [slɒʃ]
How to pronounce slosh in American English:
US [slɑʃ]
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- Verb:
- make a splashing sound
- walk through mud or mire
- spill or splash copiously or clumsily
Word Origin
- slosh (n.)
- 1814, "slush, sludge, a watery mess," probably a blend of slush and slop (n.1) in its Middle English sense of "muddy place."
- slosh (v.)
- "to splash about in mud or wet," 1844, from slosh (n.). Meaning "to pour carelessly" is recorded from 1875. Related: Sloshed; sloshing.
Example
- 1. Wrongly applied credit can slosh around , drive up costs and create excess capacity .
- 2. Liquid slosh optimal control packaging line ceps .
- 3. No slosh for me . Just plain water .
- 4. And because there are no swirling oceans on the new planets - no primordial soups for organic molecules to slosh around in - there has been no genesis of life there , the scientists say .
- 5. Knowing just how liquids slosh in such jars may help lab technicians optimize their growing methods he adds .