slosh

Everyday

1. When liquid sloshes, it moves around noisily and splashes inside a container or over its edge. tree →
2. To slosh liquid is to pour or splash it about carelessly. tree →
3. To slosh through water or mud is to walk through it with splashing steps. tree →
4. (UK informal) Sloshed means drunk. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life it describes water in buckets, baths, wellies and puddles. In science it shows that liquids move and take the shape of their container. In stories it is a sound word that helps the reader hear the scene. Phrases: slosh about, slosh around, slosh through the puddles.

Examples

• The water sloshed in the bucket as I carried it. tree →
• We sloshed through the puddles in our wellies. tree →
• Don't slosh your juice all over the table! tree →
• The milk sloshed over the edge of the bowl. tree →
• The sea sloshed against the side of the boat. tree →
• Dad sloshed some paint on the old fence. tree →
• (UK informal) The man in the play came home sloshed. tree →

Note

Verb forms add -es: sloshes. «Sloshy» means wet and slushy. Do not confuse with «slush» (half-melted snow). «Sloshed» for drunk is informal; do not use it in school writing.