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slosh
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(onomatopoeia); compare splash, splosh.
Verb
slosh (third-person singular simple present sloshes, present participle sloshing, simple past and past participle sloshed)
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
- The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh
- The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.
- (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
- They were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.
- (transitive, of a liquid) 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.
- He really sloshed on the sauce- they were a bit strong for my taste.
- (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
- The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.
- (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
Derived terms
- aslosh
Translations
Noun
slosh (countable and uncountable, plural sloshes)
- (countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
- We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.
- (countable) A sloshing sound or motion.
- (uncountable) Slush.
- 2012, Cathy Gohlke, Promise Me This (page 299)
- Shoes and socks, soaked and frozen in the mud and icy slosh, did little to protect their feet.
- 2012, Cathy Gohlke, Promise Me This (page 299)
Coordinate terms
- splash
Etymology 2
By analogy with slash.
Noun
slosh (plural sloshes)
- (computing, slang) backslash, the character \.
Anagrams
- Sohls
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closh
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Dutch klossen (“to play at bowls”).
Noun
closh (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The game of ninepins.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Compare French clocher (“to limp”).
Noun
closh (uncountable)
- A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crabb to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Losch, lochs
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