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slooshing

slooshing is the present participle and gerund of sloosh.

Meaning of sloosh

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

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Questions about slooshing

What is slooshing the present participle and gerund of?
Slooshing is the present participle and gerund of sloosh.

Words near slooshing in the dictionary

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

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