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slosh(dictionary)

slosh (iou)



slosh noun & verb. E19.
[Var. of SLUSH noun1.]
A. noun.
Slush, sludge. E19.
Watery or unappetizing food or drink. E19.
b. Weak insubstantial work, writing, etc. L19.
A quantity of liquid. Now also, a splash of liquid; the sound of splashing liquid. L19.
N. Freeling He poured a big slosh of whisky.
A heavy blow. slang. M20.
A game played on a billiard-table, in which each player tries to pocket six coloured balls in a certain order, using the white cue-ball. M20.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Splash (about); flounder (around); move with a splashing sound. Freq. with adverb (phr.). M19.
J. D. Astley I then slipped..and sloshed down into Balaclava. T. O'Brien Canteens bouncing..water sloshing, we stepped..through the night. B. Breytenbach They slosh through pools of stagnant water. fig.: A. Lurie Clouds like..soapy washing slosh across the sky.
verb intrans. Move around aimlessly; hang about; loaf around. US colloq. M19.
verb trans.
a. Pour (liquid, esp. clumsily): splash, throw, or swallow (liquid) carelessly. Usu. with adverb (phr.). colloq. L19.
L. Deighton He laughed..and sloshed down some beer. I. Wallace Abrahams..sloshed some Scotch over ice for himself. J. Lymington She sloshed out porridge into plates. K. Amis He..started to slosh handfuls of water on to his face.
b. Pour or throw liquid on (a person or thing). colloq. E20.
verb trans. Hit, esp. heavily; strike; crush, defeat. colloq. L19.
sloshed adjective (slang) drunk, tipsy M20.
sloshing noun the action of the verb, an instance of this; the sound made by a moving liquid striking a solid object: L19.