I. ˈsläsh noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably blend of slop (II) and slush (I)
1.
a. : a wet sloppy condition underfoot : mud , slush
b. : a tramp through mud, slush, or puddles
a half-mile slosh through a grove of sawed-off trees — Burgess Scott
2. : a thin poor drink
3. : the slap or splash of liquid (as waves or spilled water)
listened to the slosh of the water against the barge — Willard Robertson
4. : a small quantity of liquid : dash
there seemed to be only a slosh of kerosine left
5. : blow , stroke
caught one chap a slosh on the ear he won't forget — Bruce Marshall
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
intransitive verb
1. : to slog or splash through water, mud, or slush : flounder
rather than slosh over a soggy fairway — R.M.Hodesh
2. : to wander, walk, or loaf about
3. : to move with the lapping motion of a liquid : gurgle , splash
his stomach sloshed with countless cups of coffee — K.M.Dodson
the water sloshed around him, running down his legs — Bill Alcine
saw about 20 gallons of water sloshing around the engine — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News
transitive verb
1.
a. : to splash (something) about in liquid
fills a pan with dry-cleaning fluid and sloshes the hairpiece around in it — R.F.Wallace
b. : to splash (a liquid) about or on someone or something
had finished systematically sloshing gasoline around — St. Clair McKelway
c. : to splash (someone or something) with liquid
workmen are sloshing down the open-air-café floors with water — Irwin Shaw
2. : to pour hastily or clumsily
was sloshing out the drinks behind the counter — Bruce Marshall
3. : to gulp down : guzzle , swill
the beer drinker would have to slosh down more than three quarts in less than three hours — Newsweek
4. Britain : bash , punch , slam , strike
you can't very well slosh a child — P.G.Wodehouse