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sloshes

sloshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slosh.

Meaning of slosh

Verb

slosh (third-person singular simple present sloshes, present participle sloshing, simple past and past participle sloshed)

  1. (intransitive) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
    • The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.
    Synonyms:
    slush
  2. (transitive) To cause to slosh.
    • The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.
  3. (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
    • His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.
  4. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
    • The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.
  6. (UK, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
    • She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.” “You can't have looked properly.” Again I was compelled to pause and...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII

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Questions about sloshes

What is sloshes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sloshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slosh.

Words near sloshes in the dictionary

  1. SLOs
  2. slosh
  3. sloshball
  4. sloshed
  5. sloshed to the gills
  6. sloshes
  7. sloshier
  8. sloshiest
  9. sloshily
  10. sloshiness
  11. sloshing

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