slosh around
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Definition
Verb: - To move a liquid (or something behaving like a liquid) in a noisy, messy, and often careless way, causing it to spill or splash over an area.
Usage
This phrasal verb describes the action of a liquid being agitated, poured, or carried in a manner that is typically uncontrolled, copious, and clumsy. It often implies a lack of precision, resulting in spills and splashes. It can be used literally for liquids or figuratively for things that move or are handled in a similarly messy, uncontrolled fashion.
Examples
- Literal:
- The children sloshed around in the muddy puddles after the rain.
- Be careful not to slosh the water around when you carry the full bucket.
- Figurative:
- He sloshed his money around on expensive cars and parties. (Implying careless, conspicuous spending.)
Advanced Usage
- "to slosh around in": Often used to describe someone moving or playing energetically within a liquid.
- We loved to slosh around in the shallow waves at the beach.
- The verb can describe the sound and motion of liquid inside a container.
- You could hear the fuel sloshing around in the nearly empty tank.
Variants and Related Words
- Slosh (verb): To move with a splashing sound or to pour clumsily.
- The soup sloshed over the rim of the bowl.
- Sloshed (adjective, informal): Drunk.
- After three beers, he was completely sloshed.
Synonyms
- Splash around: To move in water causing it to fly about.
- Splosh (British informal): To move through liquid with a splashing sound.
- Swash: To move with a splashing sound.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Slosh about: A synonym, identical in meaning to "slosh around."
- The wine sloshed about in the decanter as he walked.
Related Idioms
- Slosh money around: To spend money in a showy, careless, or wasteful manner.
- The new lottery winner started sloshing money around the neighborhood.
Verb
- spill or splash copiously or clumsily
- slosh paint all over the walls