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sloosh

sloosh noun: a splash or rush of water.

Noun

sloosh (plural slooshes)

  1. A splash or rush of water

Verb

sloosh (third-person singular simple present slooshes, present participle slooshing, simple past and past participle slooshed)

  1. (intransitive) To flow with a rush.
  2. (transitive) To rinse or wash with a flow of water.
    • She slooshes her mouth out, spits residue into a flower-pot behind a screen.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of sloosh

Noun
pluralslooshes
Verb
third-person singular presentslooshes
present participleslooshing
past participleslooshed
pastslooshed

Origin of sloosh

Imitative.

Questions about sloosh

What does sloosh mean?
Sloosh means a splash or rush of water.
What part of speech is sloosh?
Sloosh can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sloosh?
The plural of sloosh is slooshes.

Words near sloosh in the dictionary

  1. sloopman
  2. sloopmen
  3. sloops
  4. sloops-of-war
  5. sloos
  6. sloosh
  7. slooshed
  8. slooshes
  9. slooshing
  10. sloot
  11. Sloothby

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