sloshing

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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