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as in slopping
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets
while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall
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Recent Examples of sloshing
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
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Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloshing
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Powdery mildews produce spores in spring that move to susceptible host tissue by insect or human activity, wind, or splashing raindrops.—
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Heidi Klum continued her barely-there swimwear streak on Tuesday, splashing in the waves while wearing a micro string bikini set.—
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And the effects are rippling well beyond Caracas.—
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As drinking declines, the effects are rippling through the alcohol industry.—
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“Sloshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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