slosh

slosh
/slosh/, v.i.
1. to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
2. (of a liquid) to move about actively within a container.
v.t.
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.
n.
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.
[1805-15; perh. b. SLOP1 and SLUSH]

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