slosh

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slosh / släsh/ • v. [intr.] (of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound: water in the boat sloshed around under our feet | fig. there is so much money now sloshing around in professional tennis. ∎  (of a person) move through liquid with a splashing sound: they sloshed up the tracks in the dank woods. ∎  [tr.] pour (liquid) clumsily: she sloshed coffee into a cracked cup.• n. an act or sound of splashing: the distant slosh of the washing machine in the basement.

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