sloshes

Definition of sloshesnext
present tense third-person singular of slosh
1
as in splashes
to move with a splashing motion the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

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as in slops
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

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Recent Examples of sloshes If some oil sloshes off a ship or leaks out of a pipeline, what’s the difference? Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 My experience of being a new mum is there’s another layer of the crap that doesn’t serve you that just sloshes off. Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
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  • Trash Cans and Recycling Bins Even with a bag lining the inside of the can, residue always makes its way to the bottom or splashes up the sides.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Orion splashes down after historic journey NASA's Orion spacecraft with the Artemis II crew lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • These branches receive molecular signals at one end of a neuron and induce the cell to rapidly fire an electrical charge that ripples down the cell body, known as an action potential.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Chaos ripples out from the Oval Office hourly as from rocks dumped into a pond.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026

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“Sloshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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