slosh

UK: /slɒʃ/ US: /slɑʃ/ ,(slosh)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

slosh /slɑʃ/   v. 

1. to splash or move through water, mud, etc.:
   [no object] to slosh through the puddles.
2. (of a liquid) to move about actively, esp. within a container:
   [no object] The water sloshed over the sides.
3. to cause (a liquid) to splash, esp. in a container:
   [~ + object] to slosh the gasoline in the tank.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

slosh  (slosh), 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:
   to slosh the mop in the pail.
4. to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly:
   She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall.

n. 

5. watery mire or partly melted snow;
   slush.
6. the lap or splash of liquid:
   the slosh of waves against the shore.
7. a small quantity of liquid:
   a slosh of milk in the pail.
8. a watery or weak drink.

• perh. blend of, blended slop¹ and slush 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

slosh / slɒʃ/ noun

1. watery mud, snow, etc
2. a heavy blow
3. the sound of splashing liquid

verb

1. (tr; followed by around, on, in, etc) to throw or pour (liquid)
2. when intr, often followed by about or around: to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
3. (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
4. (transitive) to deal a heavy blow to
5. usually followed by about or around: to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken

Etymology: 19th Century: variant of slush, influenced by slop¹

ˈsloshy adjective