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slosh

(slŏsh)

v. sloshed, slosh·ing, slosh·es

v.tr.

1. To spill or splash (a liquid) copiously or clumsily: slosh paint on the floor.

2. To agitate in a liquid: slosh clothes in a solution of bleach and detergent.

v.intr.

To splash, wade, or flounder in water or another liquid: sloshed through the creek.

1. Slush.

2. The sound of splashing liquid.

[Perhaps blend of slop and slush.]

slosh′y adj.

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slosh

(slɒʃ)

1. watery mud, snow, etc

2. slang Brit a heavy blow

3. the sound of splashing liquid

4. (Dancing) a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines

5. (tr; foll by around, on, in, etc) informal to throw or pour (liquid)

6. informal

a. to shake or stir (something) in a liquid

b. (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc

7. (tr) slang Brit to deal a heavy blow to

8. informal (usually foll by: about or around) to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken

[C19: variant of slush, influenced by slop¹]

ˈsloshy adj

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slosh

(slɒʃ)

v.i.

1. to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.

2. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.

v.t.

3. to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid.

4. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly.

5. watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.

6. the lap or splash of liquid.

[1805–15;perhaps b. slop¹ and slush]

slosh′y, adj. slosh•i•er, slosh•i•est.

slosh

Past participle: sloshed
Gerund: sloshing

Imperative
slosh
slosh

Present
I slosh
you slosh
he/she/it sloshes
we slosh
you slosh
they slosh

Preterite
I sloshed
you sloshed
he/she/it sloshed
we sloshed
you sloshed
they sloshed

Present Continuous
I am sloshing
you are sloshing
he/she/it is sloshing
we are sloshing
you are sloshing
they are sloshing

Present Perfect
I have sloshed
you have sloshed
he/she/it has sloshed
we have sloshed
you have sloshed
they have sloshed

Past Continuous
I was sloshing
you were sloshing
he/she/it was sloshing
we were sloshing
you were sloshing
they were sloshing

Past Perfect
I had sloshed
you had sloshed
he/she/it had sloshed
we had sloshed
you had sloshed
they had sloshed

Future
I will slosh
you will slosh
he/she/it will slosh
we will slosh
you will slosh
they will slosh

Future Perfect
I will have sloshed
you will have sloshed
he/she/it will have sloshed
we will have sloshed
you will have sloshed
they will have sloshed

Future Continuous
I will be sloshing
you will be sloshing
he/she/it will be sloshing
we will be sloshing
you will be sloshing
they will be sloshing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sloshing
you have been sloshing
he/she/it has been sloshing
we have been sloshing
you have been sloshing
they have been sloshing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sloshing
you will have been sloshing
he/she/it will have been sloshing
we will have been sloshing
you will have been sloshing
they will have been sloshing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sloshing
you had been sloshing
he/she/it had been sloshing
we had been sloshing
you had been sloshing
they had been sloshing

Conditional
I would slosh
you would slosh
he/she/it would slosh
we would slosh
you would slosh
they would slosh

Past Conditional
I would have sloshed
you would have sloshed
he/she/it would have sloshed
we would have sloshed
you would have sloshed
they would have sloshed

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Verb	1.	slosh - make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" slush, splosh, splash sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	slosh - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" squish, slop, splash, splosh, squelch footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp, pad - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
	3.	slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls" slosh around, slush around, slush spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

slosh

verb

1. splash, wash, slop, break, plash The water sloshed around the bridge.

2. wade, splash, flounder, paddle, dabble, wallow, swash We sloshed through the mud together.

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slosh

verb

To hurl or scatter liquid upon:

bespatter, dash, slop, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, swash.

Translations

agitare fango percuotere sguazzare spruzzare

slosh

[slɒʃ]

A. VT

1. (= splash) [+ liquid] to slosh some water over sth → echar agua sobre algo

2. (= hit) [+ person] → pegar

B. VI to slosh about in the puddles → chapotear en los charcos
the water was sloshing about in the pail → el agua chapoteaba en el cubo

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slosh

(inf)

(Brit, = hit) person → eine schmieren (+dat) (inf); ball → dreschen

(= splash) → klatschen; don’t slosh the milk around → schwapp nicht so mit der Milch herum

vi to slosh (around) (liquid) → (herum)schwappen; to slosh through mud/water → durch Matsch/Wasser waten

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slosh

[slɒʃ] (fam)

1. vt

a. (liquid) → spargere
to slosh some water over sth → gettare dell'acqua su qc

b. (hit, person) → colpire

2. vi to slosh about in the puddles → sguazzare nelle pozzanghere

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