slosh

 
Pronunciation: /slɒʃ/

verb

  • 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound: water in the boat sloshed about under our feet figurative there is so much money now sloshing around in professional tennis
  • move through liquid with a splashing sound: they sloshed up the tracks in the dank woods
  • [with object and adverbial of direction] pour (liquid) clumsily: she sloshed coffee into a cracked cup
  • 2 [with object] British informal hit (someone) hard: why did you slosh me?

noun

  • 1an act or sound of splashing: the distant slosh of the washing machine in the basement
  • a quantity of liquid that is poured out: I gave Michael and myself another slosh of rye
  • 2British informal a heavy blow.

Origin:

early 19th century: variant of the noun slush