Thesaurus results for SLOSH

slosh

verb

Definition of slosh

as in to ripple

to move with a splashing motion the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

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as in to splash

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

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Recent Examples of slosh My little water bottle sloshed in my backpack, now half empty. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 The boots of an MTA work crew and one reporter began to slosh through mud. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 If the blades of a propeller spin rapidly in a simple fluid, for example, the fluid on one side of the blade can slosh much faster than the fluid on the other, leading to a drop in pressure on that side. — Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026 That's because the size of this deal and the amount of stock that is sloshing around and will be spawned is too great. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for slosh

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After all, what begins inside the body will always ripple out into the wider world.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Until that happens, there’s your growing discontent, and there are the distortions that ripple through your field whenever there’s a lack of clarity.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

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Doggy Pool Party Let your dog have its day splashing at the Doggy Pool Party at Kelley Cofer Park in Tucker.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The crew of Artemis II, led by commander Reid Wiseman, safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a triumphant trip around the Moon.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

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