sloshed
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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.
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World English Dictionary
slosh (slɒʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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, | |
| 5. | informal (tr; |
| 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 | |
| 'sloshy | |
| —adj | |
| sloshed (slɒʃt) | |
| —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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
slosh definition
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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
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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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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