slosh

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US /slɑʃ/ UK /slɒʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like slash /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like slush /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

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Meanings

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verb
spill or splash copiously or clumsily

Slosh paint all over the walls.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · spill or splash copiously... slush

More splosh flodge slop squelch

Word family

Forms sloshedsloshessloshing

Derived forms asloshkersloshsloshballsloshinglysloshy

Related forms splosh

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Phrases (1)

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slosh around
to move about with repeated or clumsy splashing

Verb + adverb

Simplified etymology

Slosh, recorded from the early 19th century, is a variant of slush. Slush and sludge probably imitate the sound made by walking through them.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare splash, splosh.

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Actions & Processes

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