sloshed

[slosht]
adjective Slang.

Origin:
1945–50; slosh + -ed2

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slosh

[slosh]
verb (used without object)
1.
to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
2.
(of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.
verb (used with object)
3.
to stir or splash (something) around in a fluid: to slosh the mop in the pail.
4.
to splash (liquid) clumsily or haphazardly: She sloshed tea all over her new suit. They sloshed the paint over the wall.
noun
5.
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
6.
the lap or splash of liquid: the slosh of waves against the shore.
7.
a small quantity of liquid: a slosh of milk in the pail.
8.
a watery or weak drink.

Origin:
1805–15; perhaps blend of slop1 and slush

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slosh (slɒʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  watery mud, snow, etc
2.  slang (Brit) a heavy blow
3.  the sound of splashing liquid
4.  a popular dance with a traditional routine of steps, kicks, and turns performed in lines
 
vb (when intr, often foll by about or around) (usually foll by about or around)
5.  informal (tr; foll by around, on, in, etc) to throw or pour (liquid)
6.  informal
 a.  to shake or stir (something) in a liquid
 b.  (of a person) to splash (around) in water, etc
7.  slang (Brit) (tr) to deal a heavy blow to
8.  informal to shake (a container of liquid) or (of liquid within a container) to be shaken
 
[C19: variant of slush, influenced by slop1]
 
'sloshy
 
adj

sloshed (slɒʃt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
chiefly (Brit) a slang word for drunk

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Word Origin & History

slosh
1814, "slush, sludge," probably a blend of slush and slop in its M.E. sense of "muddy place." The verb meaning "to splash about in mud or wet" is from 1844. Meaning "to pour carelessly" is recorded from 1875. Sloshed "drunk" is recorded from c.1900.
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Slang Dictionary

slosh definition


  1. n.
    beer; liquor. : How about a glass of slosh?
  2. tv. & in.
    to drink liquor, including beer; to drink to excess. : Are you going to slosh gin all night?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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sloshed (to the ears) definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Man, is he sloshed to the ears!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Sweat poured into your leggings and sloshed around in your shoes.
Those cleaned in the other solvents were first sloshed in the specified solvent
  and then ultrasonically cleaned.
The water sloshed around inside him-he felt it, he heard it-then settled.
The river was tumbling and shouting as it sloshed against the curved sweep of
  late ice.
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