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As a verb, slosh means shift chaotically. As a noun, it means a quantity of a liquid.
Meanings of slosh
14 meaningsverb
of a liquidTo shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
“The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.”
of a liquidTo cause to slosh
“The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.”
To make a sloshing sound.
“They were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.”
of a liquidTo 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.”
“He really sloshed on the sauce- they were a bit strong for my taste.”
To move noisily through water or other liquid.
“The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.”
UKcolloquialTo punch (someone).
Spill or splash copiously or clumsily
“slosh paint all over the walls”
Similar: slush, slosh around, slush around
noun
A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
“We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.”
A sloshing sound or motion.
Slush.
slangInferior wine or other drink.
A game related to billiards.
computingslangBackslash, the character \.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).