to slush around
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
salpicar
- Please don't slush around hot coffee near the new carpet.
Examples
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Be careful not to slush around that bucket of water on the floor.
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The kids love to slush around in the snow.
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He slushed around the paint, leaving drops everywhere in the room.
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Don't slush around in the puddles!
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Be careful not to slush around that bucket of paint; it could make a mess.
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When mixing the ingredients, try not to slush around the batter too much or you'll spill it.
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He slushed around the water while washing the car, leaving puddles everywhere.
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
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
3
5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
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
8.9
To splash mud or water onto something and make it dirty
1
5.7
To move water around to clean or rinse something
To spill liquid in a heavy or clumsy way
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
To splash liquid messily so it covers nearby things
To move water so it hits something and makes drops
To splash small drops against a surface and make spots
Antonyms
How Messy
34
3.0
- Informal
22
3.7
14
5.0
91
1.0
44
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'slush' (to splash or clumsily spill liquid) combined with the particle 'around' (indicating movement or dispersion) yields 'to splash/spill liquid about messily.' This follows a common English verb + around pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.
Etymology
Slush around comes from the image of wet liquid, slush, being moved in all directions so it splashes everywhere. So, slush around means to 'spill' or splash liquid clumsily and make a mess.