sloshes

Spills while moving

Sloshes is the third-person singular of slosh, describing liquid moving noisily in a container or someone walking through water or mud: Water sloshes in the bucket as she walks, He sloshes through the puddles.

As a noun, sloshes are instances of this splashing movement or sound.

sound

gurgle

Bubbling liquid sound

  • glugLiquid pouring sound
  • squelchForcibly silence or suppress
  • plopSoft dropping sound

splatter · swish · burble · whoosh · slap · bubble · churn · swoosh · glop · schlep

liquid-movement

swish

Soft rushing sound

spill · swirl · slop · wash · lap · churn · agitate · displace · overflow · surge

puddles

mud

Wet soil mixture

  • rainWater dropping from clouds
  • bootsAnkle-covering footwear
  • welliesWaterproof knee-high boots

galoshes · gutters · waterlogged · wet · stomp · wade · step · street · pavement · splatter

container

bucket

Open-top carrying vessel

  • tankLarge storage vessel
  • basinConcave water receptacle
  • tubOpen washing basin

bottle · jug · pail · barrel · canteen · flask · pitcher · cooler · carton · thermos

drunk

intoxicated

Affected by alcohol

hammered · plastered · tanked · soused · loaded · smashed · buzzed · staggering · wobbly · pub

Opposites
liquid motion control

sloshesdecants

Transfers liquid carefully

trickles · drips · streams · siphons · holds steady

movement quality

sloshesstills

Frozen film moments

settles · calms · stands still · rests · stays put

Phrases
Family

slosh, sloshed, sloshing, sloshy, sloshings, sloshier

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G