different between slosh vs jaup

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)

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

   The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.

2. (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh

   The boy sloshed water over the edge of the bath.

3. (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.

   They were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.

4. (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.

5. (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.

   The streets were flooded, but they still managed to slosh their way to school.

6. (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).

Derived terms

• aslosh

Translations

Noun

slosh (countable and uncountable, plural sloshes)

1. (countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.

   We added a slosh of white wine to the sauce.

2. (countable) A sloshing sound or motion.
3. (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.

Coordinate terms

• splash

Etymology 2

By analogy with slash.

Noun

slosh (plural sloshes)

1. (computing, slang) backslash, the character \.

Anagrams

• Sohls

English

Noun

jaup (plural jaups)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A splash.
2. (Scotland, Northern England) A mark left by a splash of water or mud.

Verb

jaup (third-person singular simple present jaups, present participle jauping, simple past and past participle jauped)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To splash; to slosh.

Anagrams

• puja