slosh meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

slosh

verb

UK /slɒʃ/ · US /slɑʃ/

Etymology Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh.

Of a liquid To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

Of a liquid To cause to slosh.

To make a sloshing sound.

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.

to move noisily through water or other liquid.

UK, Colloquial To punch (someone).

She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.” “You can't have looked properly.” Again I was compelled to pause and remind myself that an English gentleman does not slosh a sitting redhead, no matter what the provocation.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

noun

Etymology Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh.

A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.

A sloshing sound or motion.

Slush.

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:

Slang Inferior wine or other drink.

In the Midi, Grenache dominates most of the traditional appellations. Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Faugères — these were once bywords for rough-and-ready red slosh.2005, Stuart Walton, Understanding, Choosing, and Enjoying Wine, page 86:

A game related to billiards.

Finally they retired, did you not? said Tetty. We did indeed, said Goff, we retired to the billiard-room, for a game of slosh.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt:

noun

Etymology By analogy with slash.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang backslash, the character \.

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