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Sloshed Water Sloshing Move Lot Adv./Prep. To Liquid Slosh

Front slosh
Back BrE /slɒʃ/NAmE /slɑːʃ/verb


(informal)1 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of liquid) to move around making a lot of noise or coming out over the edge of sthThe water was sloshing around under our feet. Some of the paint sloshed out of the can.

2 [transitive] ~ sth + adv./prep. to make liquid move in a noisy way; to use liquid carelesslyThe children were sloshing water everywhere. She sloshed coffee into the mugs.

3 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk noisily in water or mudWe all sloshed around in the puddles. They sloshed through the mud in boots.

ˌslosh aˈbout/aˈround(BrE, informal) (especially of money) to be available or present in large quantitiesThere's a lot of money sloshing around in professional tennis.

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