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   slosh

   /slɒʃ/

   verb

   • 1. (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound: "water in the boat sloshed about under our feet" Similar spillslopsplashflowoverflowsplatterspatter
   • ▪ move through liquid with a splashing sound: "they sloshed up the tracks in the dank woods" Similar splashswashsquelchwadeinformal:splosh
   • ▪ pour (liquid) clumsily: "she sloshed coffee into a cracked cup" Similar pourslopsplashinformal:glug
   • 2. hit (someone) hard: informal British "why did you slosh me?" Similar hitstrikethumpslogpunchcuffsmackthwackbox someone's earsinformal:whackbeltbashbiffbopcloutwallopswipesocklamcrownwhompdeckfloorstick one ondotboffbustslugwhaledongquiltliterary:smiteswinge

   noun

   • 1. an act or sound of splashing: "the distant slosh of the washing machine in the basement"
   • ▪ a quantity of liquid that is poured out: "I gave Michael and myself another slosh of rye"
   • 2. a heavy blow. informal British

   Word Origin early 19th century: variant of the noun slush.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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