slosh

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as in to ripple
to move with a splashing motion the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

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as in to splash
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 slosh Water sloshed in a swimming pool, another person said. Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 No stories in my career have sloshed around my head as persistently as those about the Lady Jaguars. John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 This extra cash sloshing around will make inflation sticky. Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 That may seem like an odd classification, but Pew Research Center data shows a majority of its users go to the app for news—and remain wary of the misinformation sloshing around it. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slosh 

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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