to slosh around
3
5.9
- phrasal verb
- /slɑʃ əˈraʊnd/
:
salpicar
- The two of them sat on the sand for a couple of hours while Teddy sloshed around in the surf.
- water sloshing around
- money sloshing around
You have to rotate in the air and as you also highlight, you know, there's liquid fuel sloshing around in the tank.
- You have to rotate in the air and as you also highlight, you know, there's liquid fuel sloshing around in the tank.
Examples
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You sit perfectly still so he won't hear the water sloshing around.
Fiction book (1997) -
- Slosh around in the water.
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This human body just keeps sloshing around and making weird noises.
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"She took a sip of the coffee that was sloshing around in the wide-brimmed cup.
Fiction book (1993) -
The kids played in the puddles, making the water sloshed around their feet.
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As the boat rocked in the waves, the water sloshed around the deck.
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The milk spilled and sloshed around in the container, creating a mess.
Synonyms
347
1.0
To accidentally cause liquid to flow out of a container
91
1.0
To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise
51
4.1
To make liquid fall in small messy drops on a surface
51
4.8
To move violently or feel upset and restless inside
22
3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
14
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
4
2.9
To play in water by moving and making water spray
3
4.9
To spill or pour liquid in a messy way
1
5.6
To make drops of liquid hit many places, like clothes or a table
1
5.7
To move water around to clean or rinse something
To splash liquid around and make a mess
To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way
To splash liquid messily so it covers nearby things
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
To move or splash with force and noise
To move water so it hits something and makes drops
To move or be tossed about in rough water
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'slosh' (to splash or move liquid noisily) with 'around' (moving about), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'to splash or move liquid about clumsily'. This verb+particle composition is a regular, predictable pattern in English (and mirrored in many languages), so the sense is transparent rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Slosh around comes from a simple picture: liquid moving loudly inside a cup or bucket, where the word slosh copies the wet sound and around shows it goes all over the sides. So, slosh around means 'to spill or splash and move about in a clumsy, uncontrolled way'.